By way of computers and headsets, Islamic teaching flows out of Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Mohammad Hassan secluded himself in a religious seminary in Pakistan’s largest city for 11 years until he memorized the more than 6,000 verses that make up the Koran, Islam’s holy book.

Now the 27-year-old spends his nights at a computer in Islamabad teaching Muslims in the United States, Canada and Europe how to recite the Koran with the same Arabic pronunciation and intonation he believes the prophet Muhammad would have used.