Quran Dat.com Removes Name of Reciter Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy After Support for U.S. Attacks on Iran
The popular Quran recitation website Quran Dat.com has removed the name of Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy, a prominent Quran memorizer, from its page.
Al-Afasy expressed support for U.S. attacks on Iran in a post on X, stating that President Trump would open the "gates of hell" on Iran. The remarks triggered widespread backlash in the Islamic world.
His Quran recitations remain on the Quran Dat.com site but cannot be played.
The removal follows calls for Islamic unity against America and Israel's perceived war on Islam.
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