Thread: Would you delete a copy of the Koran?
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:06 AM   #34
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I'm not sure about the last sentence with regard to various religious texts. Societies reinterpret texts to suit their circumstances - the influence of a text on society seems debatable to me.
Well, people throughout the Muslim world (not just the Middle East, but Africa and Southeast Asia too) recite large chunks of the Qur'an every day. Many Muslims have the entire text memorized by the time they are 10 or 11, if not earlier. I'd say that fact alone demonstrates an extraordinary influence of the text on society.
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