The most popular app Quran Majeed in China has been removed from App store in compliance with Chinese government requests, reported 24News HD TV channel on Friday.

The most popular Quran app in China has been shut down, reported 24News HD TV channel on Friday.

Apple has confirmed the closure of the Quran app. Apple said that the decision to close down the Quran app was taken at the request of the Chinese authorities. 

The company said Apple had removed the app from its App Store at the request of Chinese authorities. Apple Censorship, the website that monitors Apple's App Store worldwide, was the first to know about the deletion.

When contacted for comment, the Chinese government did not respond.