A copy of the Quran — printed in Lancaster in 1835 — is back after an international journey thanks to two organizations [video]
It’s been 187 years since the copy of the Quran was printed in Lancaster.
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It’s been 187 years since the copy of the Quran was printed in Lancaster.
By Nancy George Jared Burleson was studying in Jiangsu, China, the summer after his first year at SMU, taking advantage of the study abroad benefits that come with being a President’s Scholar, SMU’s highest academic merit award. While waiting in line for tea at a local shop, he overheard two men speaking English, then recognized one of them as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Kosterlitz. Jared introduced himself and began chatting with the world-renowned scientist who was in China with another colleague to encourage international scientific collaboration. “I had never heard of the ...