A controversy regarding whether a Christian can translate the Qur’ān was recently triggered when a Christian researcher in Morocco translated the Muslim holy book into a Berber language, which upset religious scholars in Morocco. 

Some Islamic scholars at the Azhar say that it is not allowed because Qur’ān translation depends on literal translations, as well as interpretation.

Meanwhile, ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Islamic Research academy, said that its acceptable for Christians to translate Qur’ān, because then they can read it.