Local Muslims want to educate others about the Quran shares email

Leaders of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City said non-Muslims have always been curious about the Quran. Saad Mohammad, the society's director of Islamic information, said questions about the Quran heightened in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and again this past August, after a Florida pastor announced plans to burn copies of the Muslim sacred text. From that recent controversy comes this year's theme of the Islamic Society's "Know Your Muslim Neighbor" lecture series, beginning Thursday. The theme is "The Quran: Learn It or Burn It?" Mohammad said the society has focused on teaching the basics of Islam at the lectures.