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The Koran: Journey to the Book's Origin
The Koran: Journey to the Book's Origin

The Koran: Journey to the Book's Origin

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The Quran is the Holy Book of Islam, a religion shared by more than a billion followers worldwide. For the Muslim tradition, since its revelation to the Prophet Muhammad between the year 610 and 632 of the Christian era in Mecca and Medina, the Koran is immutable, and has remained maintained. However, recent discoveries of Koranic manuscripts analyzed by scientists, dated around the year 680 - the oldest known in the world - revealed that the Koran has a history. During the first century of Islam, and before the canonical version of the Caliph Uthman imposed itself, the holy book of Islam would have known competing versions, a different organization of the suras, variable readings due to a writing, in its beginnings, very rudimentary… It is to this meeting of knowledge, at the crossroads between the Muslim tradition and scientific research, that this journey to the origins of the Koran invites.

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

52 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

01 January 2009

Country

France

Cast

Ferid Heider

Ferid Heider

Self

François Deroche

François Deroche

Self

Angelika Neuwirth

Angelika Neuwirth

Self

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