Editing Lectern (section)

=== Islam ===
[[File:عکس های مراسم ترتیل خوانی یا جزء خوانی یا قرائت قرآن در ایام ماه رمضان در حرم فاطمه معصومه در شهر قم 20.jpg|thumb|[[Shia]] Muslim girls studying the [[Quran]] placed atop folding lecterns ([[Rehal (book rest)|''rehal'']]) during [[Ramadan]] in [[Qom]], [[Iran]]]]

In [[Islam]], lecterns are often used when studying in Islamic seminaries or reading and learning the Qur'an while sitting on the floor, called [[Rehal (book rest)|rehal]].<ref name="Duerksen2015">{{cite book |last1=Duerksen |first1=Darren |title=Ecclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India |date=12 January 2015 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-63087-885-6 |language=en |quote=In this case, the use of the ''rehal'' connects with the sense of how "God's word" should be reverently treated.}}</ref> The name "{{Transliteration|ur|rehal}}" ultimately derives from the Arabic word {{Transliteration|ar|rahl}} ({{lang|ar|رَحْل}}) meaning "[[Dromedary#Riding camels|camel]] [[saddle]]", referring to the resemblance of the unfolded lectern to a saddle.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tenerowicz |first1=Eleonora |title=Składany pulpit pod Koran |publisher=[[Ethnographic Museum of Krakow]] |url=https://etnomuzeum.eu/zbiory/skladany-pulpit-pod-koran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124062051/https://etnomuzeum.eu/zbiory/skladany-pulpit-pod-koran |archive-date=24 January 2021 |website=etnomuzeum.eu |language=pl}}</ref>