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Should the translation of foreign literary works for children that include religious differences necessitate changing religious terms to serve Islam, or should they be translated as they are?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The Sharia permits benefiting from the writings of non-Muslims, provided they do not contradict the creed and ethics of Muslims. When translating literary works that could harm Muslim children doctrinally and morally, harmful content must be removed and replaced with what aligns with the religion, while noting this action in the introduction as a protection for Muslim children. It is preferable to place additions in brackets [ ] and mention this in the introduction. Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti did this in his translated works.

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