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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima]The recent carbon dating of an ancient Quranic manuscript at the University of Birmingham has now added even more proof regarding the unparalleled degree of certainty with which the Quran has been preserved. These folios have been Carbon 14 dated to within the same time frame, or perhaps shortly after, the Prophet saw life.  Waiting on Fox news to put this on a spin "see we told you but no one listened. Well there you go, we now have historical evidence that shows this is a Muslim city"....

[Quote]The tests, carried out by the Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, showed that the fragments, written on sheep or goat skin, were among the very oldest surviving texts of the Koran.

These tests provide a range of dates, showing that, with a probability of more than 95%, the parchment was from between 568 and 645.

"They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam," said David Thomas, the university's professor of Christianity and Islam.

"According to Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad received the revelations that form the Koran, the scripture of Islam, between the years 610 and 632, the year of his death."[/quote]

SOURCE : http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33436021
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Thanks you for posting this.  This is fascinating, and I don't know that I would have seen it earlier.

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You are welcome.  I find it fascinating that this was preserved all these years, and dormant in Birmingham of any places[/quote]

The fact is that England's presence in the middle east goes back centuries. Archaeologists explored throughout that area for a long time. It's remarkable that it was so well preserved but totally within reason for it to have found where it was.[/quote]

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