# On reading the Koran

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRainier
- Speaker: Lesley Hazleton
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lesley_hazleton_on_reading_the_koran)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified "tourist" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk.

## Lectures

1. [On reading the Koran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lesley_hazleton_on_reading_the_koran/8b7de746f691), 10 min (TED's player)