ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses Muslim debates about information and communication technologies that can be linked specifically to the Qur'an. It also analyses how the reproduction and mass production of the Qur'an through printing, recording and digitalisation has been debated by Muslims. The printing, recording and digitalisation of the Qur'an have made the revelation more accessible and easier to use for a larger number of individuals, both Muslims and non-Muslims. Recording the Qur'an is particularly important because the literacy rate is low in many countries and regions dominated by Islam. Nonetheless it is clear that most contemporary ulama' are content with the fact that the new information and communication technologies can be of great help to the Muslim community provided they are used for what they believe is the right purposes. By recording the recitation of the Qur'an, Labib al-Said even compares himself to the Caliph Uthman and his authoritative collection of the Qur'an in the early history of Islam.
