[TheDon]

The article doesn’t mention what the proper method is for disposing of old copies of the Koran. Does anyone know?

[ColdOne]

great question. I don’t know.

[ColdOne]

There are numerous schools of Islamic thinking and differences of opinion, but broadly speaking there are two preferable options. Muslims are advised to wrap a worn and unusable copy of the Koran in cloth and to bury it in such a way that people do not walk over the place where the Koran is buried. That would be considered disrespectful. The other option is to wrap the Koran and place it in a moving body of water, with some jurists advising that the Koran be tied to an object so that it sinks. Where these two options are not available, some scholars do argue that Muslims can burn a Koran =http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-to-properly-dispose-of-a-worn-koran/article2345586/