And because in the beginning of the eighties technology was still something strange,

Al-Sharakh and his team had a real fear from the idea that the religious institution in Saudi Arabia

Which is the biggest market in the region

Rejects the idea of entering the Holy Quran on the computer screen.

Because they were afraid they would consider it an innovation (bid'ah).

And because it was a foreign invention strange and unknown,

And our societies were afraid of anything new that might touch religion.

And the whole project could be destroyed with one word,

Because any fatwa against them would destroy the project while it was still in its early stages.