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Yesterday in Abuja, the first Quran in Igbo language was launched at the Abuja centre mosque, the Quran was translated to Igbo language by Sheikh Murtala Chukwuemeka, and he becomes the first Igbo man in the world that translated the Holy Qur'an into Igbo language.



The feat has beat celebrated by many Islamic scholars across the globe and he can be said that Chukwuemeka has done something that would be remembered until the end of times.

Naijacrawl can confirm that the Igbo man was a pastor before he converted to Islam in 1989. He has converted over 300 people through his preaching.

Igbo land is the only tribe in Nigeria with the minimum number of Indigenous Muslims, with less than 1% of their population are Muslim while the majority are Catholic worshippers.


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