Indonesia, Saudi Arabia Plan on Publishing More Quran in Sign Language

Saudi Arabia – The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Religious Affairs, Endowments, and Dawah will reprint copies of the Quran in sign language.

The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta announced the plan at the launch of "Iqro'na," a practical guide for learning the Quran in Braille, on Monday, according to Amien Suyitno, an official at the Indonesian religious ministry.

"This step will help provide copies of the Quran in sign language more widely to people with special needs throughout the world," Suyitno said, as quoted from Antara site.

The copies of the Quran in sign language were first printed by Lajnah Penastihan Mushaf Al-Quran under the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The mass reprinting will be carried out by Majma Malik Fahd Li Thibaah Mushaf Syarif, the printing agency under the Saudi religious ministry.

"This is the commitment of the ministry to provide inclusive and equitable services for all people, in accordance with the government's vision of building a more just and equal society," Suyitno said.

Meanwhile, the religious attaché of the Saudi Arabian Embassy, Al-Hazmi, expressed his admiration for the sign language version of the Quran by Lajnah Penastihan.

He said the Saudi Kingdom would double the production of this version in Medina.
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"This Quran will be a reading source for our brothers and sisters who have special needs throughout the world," he concluded.