Quran Translated into Maori Language

A 20-year project to translate the Koran into Maori has been completed.

The translated Maori Koran will be launched in April. There is a Fijian version and a Samoan translation is on the way.

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama New Zealand president Dr Mohammed Shorab said the leader of his Islamic movement had requested the translation while living in London 20 years ago.

He had felt the Maori language would be around until judgment day and people needed the opportunity to hear the Islamic message, said Shorab.

A Pakistani man took on the project and completed it with help from the Maori Language Commission and local kaumatua.