There's a question up on Quora that would be funny if it wasn't so real.

"Which prayers of Quran I should learn in case terrorists ask me to recite some and save my life?"

Survivors of the Dhaka attacks reported that the killers made hostages recite verses from the Quran, to check who was Muslim - the unlucky few were killed. Most were found with their throats slit.

These Are The Smiling Terrorists Who Killed Anyone Who Couldn't Recite The Quran In #DhakaAttack

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A survivor’s mother told a Bangladesh newspaper that Muslims, on the other hand, were given dinner.

Whatsapp forwards, tweets and Facebook messages are mentioning that perhaps it isn’t such a bad idea to learn a few lines from the holy book

But with an increasing fear of the Ummah, the Muslim world, that many "kaffirs" consider justified, marching into a mosque with a notepad isn't on the to-do list.

Instead, it looks like the world is turning to the real One True God - Google.

Using easily accessible data from Google trends, we mapped trends in searches for Quran verses.

You can see a sharp spike in the number of searches for "Quran Verses". It COULD be attributed to the month of Ramazan - but that began in June.

The spike begins on July 1 (the night of the attack), and maintains a sharp momentum until July 2. It tapers slightly on July 3, but there's still a marked upward surge.

This is not the first time that the Quran’s passages have been used as a litmus test to weed out non-believers.

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During the 2013 Al-Qaeda linked attack at Kenya's Westgate mall, terrorists asked people to recite the Shahadah, other key passages of the Koran, the name of Mohammad’s mother, and other Quranic details.

For a generation that turns to Google for pretty much anything, a devastating incident like a terrorism attack makes it the first port of call. This was noticed in the wake of 2013 San Bernardino, California massacre, "after the media first reported that at least one of the shooters had a Muslim-sounding name", New York Times reported. The top Google search in California, the state that witnessed the massacre with the word “Muslims” in it was “kill Muslims.” And the rest of America searched for the phrase “kill Muslims” with about the same frequency that they searched for “martini recipe,” “migraine symptoms” and “Cowboys roster.”

Also read: ISIS Promises Sex Slaves As Prize For Those Who Memorise The Quran