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Home Front: Culture Wars
US paper to discard faulty Quran spelling
2007-04-11
The Chicago Tribune becomes the first American newspaper to decide that Quran is no longer to be spelt as Koran but the way it is pronounced in Arabic and by Muslims all over the world.
The Rantburg editorial board is also reviewing this grave problem. We haven't decided whether to spell it "Koran," "Quibbert," or "Sgush." We'll let you know when we reach consensus.
I vote for 'rubbish'.
Or the "Brothers Grimm Big Book of Fairy Tales, Annotated"
Some Muslims, most notably Omer bin Abdullah, the Pakistani-American editor of Islamic Horizons magazines published by the Islamic Society of North America, has been campaigning for years – though until now without much success – to have Quran spelt in the American and international media as Quran and not Koran. He hopes that the lead taken by Chicago Tribune would be followed by others.

The US newspaper said that it is changing the way it spells the name of the Islamic scripture to “Quran” to reflect a growing consensus about the best transliteration of the Arabic word. For decades, the Tribune and most English-language publications called the Muslim holy book the “Koran.” But language and religion scholars widely share the opinion that “Quran” more closely renders the Arabic word, and common usage is changing to reflect that understanding.
Posted by:Fred

#20  ...devalue....
Posted by: JustAboutEnough   2007-04-11 20:48  

#19  The mind boggles at the options for proper spelling here.... anatomical and scatological inferences notwithstanding, (althought they are so appealing) I really want to figure out how our liberal friends and these creatures can take offense so easily, yet not understand that the intolerance of the koranimals isn't about spelling in places where they rule, bu rather entire books and symbols, and the role of women, and the proactice of literal class discimination based on gender and religion. How can you worry about offending those whose religion would demen you and impair your rights and devaule your very worth.....
Posted by: JustAboutEnough   2007-04-11 20:48  

#18  K-O-R-N
Posted by: DMFD   2007-04-11 20:20  

#17  Do we also change the spelling to Quranimals?

No, it's Quiminals.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-11 19:18  

#16  I already canceled my subscription and redeployed my newspaper time to Rantburg. Not much I can do.
Hey, is Molly Ivans still carried on Thursdays?
Posted by: Capsu78   2007-04-11 17:16  

#15  what about Qhaddafi Qaddafy Khaddafy...Lil Mo?
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-11 16:15  

#14  How about "Big Mo's Book of Justifications for Anything"?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-04-11 15:54  

#13  Try "Necronomicon".
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-04-11 15:40  

#12  I vote for Loo-an.
Posted by: johnniebartlett   2007-04-11 13:30  

#11  You beat me to it, mojo.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-04-11 12:16  

#10  The Islamic Society of America is critical of the spelling "Koran"?

That seals it for me: K-O-R-A-N it shall be.
Posted by: Mark Z   2007-04-11 12:04  

#9  Funny way to spell "toilet paper"...
Posted by: mojo   2007-04-11 11:18  

#8  Will the change in spelling change improve the behavior of those who follow its teachings?

Didn't think so.
Posted by: Crusader   2007-04-11 10:36  

#7  Do we also change the spelling to Quranimals?
Posted by: JerseyMike   2007-04-11 09:59  

#6  They don't like Koran?
I'll stick with Koran...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-04-11 09:10  

#5  However they spell it I've got on in my garage under my car. It's flat and very dirty.
Posted by: jds   2007-04-11 08:43  

#4  Al-Aska Paul is somewhere in the damn Priboloffs. We need a fatawa bad....

I call Q'uu'K'RaM-LSMFtee
Posted by: Shipman   2007-04-11 08:19  

#3  Hey! the Chicago Tribune should be sensitive to the Gay Mooselimbs right!!

Queeran

/pc bastids
Posted by: RD   2007-04-11 06:07  

#2  Why don't they call it 'the recitation', and be done with it.
Posted by: Vinegar Ulogum7733   2007-04-11 04:30  

#1  Goody! Now that it's spelled correctly, let's see if they'll seethe every time I line my birdcage with an article mentioning the Quran.
Posted by: gorb   2007-04-11 03:46  

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