THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD claimed that Mohammed Asumin Qazmi, of Dar-ul Uloom in Deoband, India, said that
Koranic verses are not meant for entertainment.
Mufti Badru-Hasan, a leading cleric in the Uttar Pradesh capital of Lucknow agreed with the ban saying that one
should hear the complete verses of the Koran with a pious mind and in silence. µ