One delegate asked the MP to pick up her copy of the Koran from the floor - saying to leave it at her feet was disrespectful.

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She and her taxi driver husband had enrolled Yaseen in advanced classes at their local mosque as they wanted him to become Hafiz - an Islamic term for someone who memorises the Koran.

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My understanding is that there is now some training of the service members in terms of how to deal with this kind of situation -- disposal of the Koran, respect for holy books, things like that -- for service members serving in Afghanistan.

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In discussing Islam we mean generally more or less what Muslims do in practicing their faith-tradition as they variously understand its meaning provided primarily in the Koran taken by them to be divinely revealed words to Muhammad.

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There are believed to be more Muslims than Christians in Ivory Coast but Islam is dominant in the poorer north of the country so people there are less likely to buy a personal printed copy of their own religious guide - the Koran.

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Such blue-chip financial institutions rely largely on 20 or so rock-star sharia scholars to certify that their financial products are in accord with the Koran and the Prophet's teachings.

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