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“I ask myself if Islam is accepted in France,” she said in her parents’ apartment, where a bright orange Berber rug woven by her Moroccan grandmother hangs next to Koranic verses in Arabic.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

"Haj will be a Koranic evolution, Islamic convergence and defence of Al-Aqsa Mosque," read one of the signs, referring to Islam's third holiest shrine in Jerusalem.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

Instead, he repeated the Koranic verse, “We belong to Allah and to him we return,” his chest heaving with the sobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

"We recite Koranic verses and blow on him to cast away the evil eye," he told AFP.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides