Minorities in an Islamic State — Page vii
Publishers’ Note vii Quran ** , Hijra, Ramadan, Hadith, ulema, umma, sunna, kafir, pukka etc. For quotes straight commas (straight quotes) are used to differentiate them from the curved commas used in the system of transliteration, ‘ for ع , ’ for ء. Com mas as pun c- tuation marks are used according to the normal usage. Similarly for apostrophe normal usage is followed. The Publishers ** Concise Oxford Dictionary records Quran in three forms —Quran, Qur’an and Koran. [Publishers]