King Fahd Complex for printing the Koran
The King Fahd Complex for printing the Koran ( Arabic مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف, DMG Muǧammaʿ al-Malik Fahd li-Ṭibāʿat al-Muṣḥaf aš-Šarīf ) was founded in 1982 in Medina , Saudi Arabia . It is named after the Saudi Arabian King Fahd . It is the "world's largest Koran producer" with 1,500 employees. The institution is dedicated to the worldwide dissemination of the Koran - the Holy Scriptures of Islam - and its translations . A bilingual Arabic - Chinese edition in the translation by Ma Jian, for example, appeared in 1986. A German translation of the Koran of the König-Fahd-Complex was published by Frank Bubenheim and Nadeem Elyas .
Web links
- qurancomplex.gov.sa (company website)
- english.alarabiya.net: Saudi Quran print house workers on strike (about the 2011 Saudi Ogre workers' strike )
- KNA: Saudi printing company distributed 250 million editions of the Koran
- A documentary film on King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran on YouTube (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ mullermartini.com: Two Diamant MC 60 for King Fahd Complex in Medina (Saudi Arabia) ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ norislam.com: 麦 地 那 印 经 局
- ↑ The noble Qur'an and the translation of its meanings into German ( PDF ; 5.5 MB)
Coordinates: 24 ° 30 '54 " N , 39 ° 32' 26.7" E