This is about a blind scholar Dr Ahmed Abdulla Al Omran from UAE. It shows you that with access to education, there are no limits to what the blind can do.

Notes from the 1st General Assembly on 20th to 23rd June 2014:
Alhamdulillah, the International Union of Braille Quran Services has been formally established, and the following members were elected to the Board:

Selahattin AYDIN
Hassan Murchie
Anwar al Nassar
Norma Hashim
Zaki Ali Morse
Shahid Memon
Majed Mashayekhi
Zainal Abidin
Sayka Hussain
Halis Kuralay
Mohammed Islah

In our board meeting, the following roles were agreed by all board members:

Selahattin AYDIN was elected as president by general assembly
Shahid Memon as senior vice president
Norma Hashim as vice president
Hassan Murchie to serve as general secretary
Zaki Ali to serve as joint secretary
Halis Kuralay to serve as treasurer
The following were elected to the audit committee
Othman Isa
Zahid Sulaiman
Ahmed Unuvar

With our general assembly meeting, IBQS, as the only umbrella organization dedicated to the Braille Quran has passed an important step. Alhamdulillah now there is an international entity willing to promote Braille Quran literacy all around the world. Up to now, each of us had been working very hard to serve for carrying out Braille Quran services at different corners of the world. With the international body we have established, we have paved the way of being different organs of a single body.

In addition to the general assembly, we held 2 events which were open to the public; a forum entitled “People with disabilities from an Islamic perspective”, and "Braille Quran Recitation at Blue Mosque".

Islah from Thailand sings nasheed on the boat ride on the Bosphorus during our General assembly in June.

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In this Thursday, June 26, 2014 photo, a model wears a FingerReader ring at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Researchers designed and developed the instrument, which enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed on paper or electronic devices. (AP Photo Stephan Savoia)

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Today at 19:20 Turkish time zone, Selahattin AYDIN will appear as an on-air guest on trt tv channel at a live broadcast. They will be talking about our union and future plans inshaAllah.

When I was invited to Istanbul in Feb last year to meet up with people from 13 countries who worked with braille Qurans for the blind, I had not anticipated how much needed to be done to unite blind Muslims worldwide and give them access to the Holy Book. Many blind Muslims, esp those in western countries, are isolated from other blind Muslims.
Alhamdulillah we have worked well together, despite the differnces in languages and culture, with members from Turkey, Iran, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UK, India and Pakistan. Now the Turkish Prime Minister's department has approved the formation of the
International Union of Braille Quran Services
The real work starts now!

The summer camp for blind children organised by Dar Alquraan AL Kriam with funding through Viva Palestina Malaysia has had to be halted for the first time in 3 years. It was not safe for the blind children to be transported outside their homes, as everyone is a moving target for the drones.
The children had made good progress with memorising the Quran using braille Qurans. One boy Mohamed Jodia had memorised 7 juzuk in less than one month.

Israel has no respect for anyone and anything. They have bombed hospitals, mosques, a school for orphans, relief agencies ( including Salam Society who helps us with food distribution to the poor) and now - the Palestinian Mercy Society for the Disabled, which has killed 3 disabled people and injured many others.

We have now opened our official bank account. For those who would like to support our work at international level, in unifying the braille code, and distribution of the braille Quran to blind Muslims worldwide, please send your donations to

Bank: Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank
Account name: Uluslararasi Kabartma Kur'an Hizmetleri Birligi
Branch code: 24
Swift code: KTEFTRIS

Iban for Turkish Lira: TR38 0020 5000 0911 2365 2000 01
Iban for USD: TR540020500009112365200101
Iban for EURO: TR270020500009112365200102

Upcoming Braille Quran International event in Istanbul, Turkey. Please share and spread the words.
If you are happen to be in Istanbul please do come and support this initiative. Doas.

The First International Meetings on Braille Quran.
(Ulusrasasi 1. Karbartma Kur'an Bulusmasi), 21-23 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.

Alhamdulillah. I can't say how pleased I am to see my friend Askar Kz Sakhirov teaching the blind in Kazakhstan. We worked with him at the Braille Association of Malaysia , and he learnt braille from scratch, thereafter Quraanic braille, and put together a Kazakh version of our braille Quran primer, with the help of Ustaz Sumairi.
Now Askar has gone back to Kazakhstan and started the first classes in reading the Quran in braille for the blind. May Allah bless him and his mother for their efforts.

The following is his comment from his facebook page.

Assalamu aleikum for everyone! Alhamdulillah, I safely came back to my hometown, and today we started our braille classes with my blind brothers and sisters, they were very happy, because it was first class for them. I want to say thank to my teachers and friends, especialy for my mother and to the Braille Associatin of Malaysia, also to the sister Norma Hashim who support during my study time. I hope insha Allah we will met again in our university soon. Have a nice holiday for all!