On Reading the Koran

By: Lesley Hazleton   Source: Ted Nov 11, 2017 No Comments

Category: Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Videos Topics: Quran, Understanding Islam Views: 2628
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Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified "tourist" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk. (Filmed atTEDxRainier.)

Published on Aug 25, 2013

  Category: Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Videos
  Topics: Quran, Understanding Islam
Views: 2628

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