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Old 03-29-2015, 03:49 PM   #914
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Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

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Originally Posted by Evil Roy Slade View Post
I have read that the Blood Qu'ran presents a conundrum for Muslim theologians as blood is an unclean or impure substance in Islam and so keeping a Qu'ran written in it is haraam (sinful) while defiling or defacing a Qu'ran is also haraam. At the same time, a lot of secular authorities do not want it around as an object of Saddam's reign. Can't hang onto it, can't get rid of it, can't destroy it.
http://islam.about.com/od/quran/a/Disposal-Of-Quran.htm lists burial in a graveyard or being placed into flowing water as suitable disposal methods.
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