8 year old British girl memorises the entire Koran word for word.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Useless talent #189 ... Impressive but useless

I doubt her talent is limited to just memorizing that particular piece of drivel.

[Goonygoon]

Ok, .. so she is a Hafiza. Tons of people have ton this...

[Amaterasu65]

of all the things she could have been studying

What makes you think she doesn't study?

[JohnBrown1917]

Because she's 8?

Its impressive, but how is it more impressive?

[Goonygoon]

Its impressive, but how is it more impressive?

Yeah, it is a cool accomplishment. Takes people 3-6 years to do (looks like it took her 3). She isn't even the youngest to do it.. so.. ? News? Who knows. Maybe the youngest girl?

[Uselessrouge]

since when is brainwashing a 8 year old kid amaizing?

[Tailswipe]

Yeah, it is a cool accomplishment. Takes people 3-6 years to do (looks like it took her 3). She isn't even the youngest to do it.. so.. ? News? Who knows. Maybe the youngest girl?

It could actually be that it is easier at her age. Same with how it is easier to pickup new languages at certain points in the brain's development.

[LovesToSpooge]

Pretty incredible stuff. I'm assuming to pull off something like this at such a young age that she must have a photographic memory. I'm sure there are some English academics out there that could probably recite the entire works of Shakespeare, or some football pundit that could recite the entire Premier League fixture results for the past decade. But this is on a whole other level.

http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_au...lines/36146637

wow they put a burqa on an 8 year old girl? thats some great parenting.

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since when is brainwashing a 8 year old kid amaizing?

idk, nowadays it is cool to like islam so much i guess

[Socialhealer]

what a waste of her life, i have more respect for people playing wow.

[Darkeon]

I can do odd clicks with my tongue.

[Goonygoon]

It could actually be that it is easier at her age. Same with how it is easier to pickup new languages at certain points in the brain's development.

Absolutely, there are schools for it (or like daily at home classes/courses). It isn't as rare as this news article makes it out to be. I think the youngest on record is 4 years old.

Language development is way easier the younger you are.

[unbound]

Fairly standard religious indoctrination TBH. Pretty sure all Muslims are expected to memorize key passages, and someone who can memorize the whole book is looked upon with reverence.

Of course, at 8 years old, she doesn't understand what she memorized, only that it pleases her parents and community. Here is an adult male that did the same thing ( http://savannahnow.com/accent/2010-0...e-quran-memory )...most interesting:

Haq is Muslim, but he doesn't understand Arabic. He doesn't know how to translate the tens of thousands of words he has committed to memory, starting as early as middle school.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Absolutely, there are schools for it (or like daily at home classes/courses). It isn't as rare as this news article makes it out to be. I think the youngest on record is 4 years old.

Language development is way easier the younger you are.

Oh? I figured it had more to do with eidetic memory or some-such.

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And here I predict if a little girl memorized the bible, OP would be like "who cares"?

That would be equally as impressive. Can you think of anybody that has achieved that?

[BuckSparkles]

That would be equally as impressive. Can you think of anybody that has achieved that?

Not really. But I tend to not pay attention to religious achievements.

Memorizing any length philosophical text would be a feat.

[Breccia]

Lets be honest.

She isn't native brit.
She might of been born there but --

I have nothing to add. I just wanted to quote this exact phrase.

[Deleted]

I have nothing to add. I just wanted to quote this exact phrase.

What relevance does her being a native brit or not have to do with anything? She's a British citizen, I don't believe it was ever claimed she was born in the UK.

[Maximus Testiculos]

But does she even know what is written there? Or does she just shout in an arabic tune?

[Breccia]

What relevance does her being a native brit or not have to do with anything? She's a British citizen, I don't believe it was ever claimed she was born in the UK.

That's why I found that exact quote so quote-worthy. It's not even mine. I just thought it was worth pointing out.

[Deleted]

That's why I found that exact quote so quote-worthy. It's not even mine. I just thought it was worth pointing out.

Ah, didn't notice that he recognised she was actually born in the UK