This Malaysian state wants farmers to read cows the Koran so they produce better beef

Cows.
(Image credit: SAEED KHAN/AFP/GettyImages)

Malaysian cows may soon munch to the sounds of the Koran — if a government official has his way.

Farmers should recite the Koran to their cows to improve the quality of their beef, a senior official in the conservative Malaysian state of Kelantan suggested Thursday, per AFP. It's not something the government would mandate by law, per se, but he's hoping farmers will scoop up the idea, AFP reported.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.