Editing Esperanto (section)

==== Islam ====
[[Ayatollah Khomeini]] of Iran called on Muslims to learn Esperanto and praised its use as a medium for better understanding among peoples of different religious backgrounds. After he suggested that Esperanto replace English as an international ''[[lingua franca]]'', it began to be used in the seminaries of [[Qom]]. An Esperanto translation of the [[Qur'an]] was published by the state shortly thereafter.{{When|date=May 2025}}<ref name="webcom">{{cite web |url=http://www.webcom.com/~donh/efaq.html |title=Esperanto&nbsp;– Have any governments opposed Esperanto? |publisher=Donald J. Harlow |access-date=August 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202101831/http://192.220.96.203/efaq.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://porneniu.wordpress.com/learn-esperanto/ |title=Esperanto in Iran (in Persian) |publisher=Porneniu |access-date=August 26, 2006 |archive-date=November 19, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061119125455/http://porneniu.wordpress.com/learn-esperanto/ |url-status=live }}</ref>