Saad Mohammed, who has hand-painted Islamic motifs on the walls and ceilings of his home in the town of Belqina, north of Cairo, has reproduced the Muslim holy book on a paper scroll 700 metres long. He displays the intricately decorated manuscript in a large wooden box with rollers at each end. "This Koran is 700 metres long, and of course that's a large amount of paper," he told Reuters Television. Mohammed wants to submit his Koran for inclusion in Guinness World Records. Guinness says that while there is a record for the world's biggest printed Koran, there is so far no record holder for the largest handwritten version.

Source: bd News24 May 03, 2017 10:07 UTC