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Oldest Koran fragments ever dated

Newsday

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What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it one of the earliest in existence. Professor David Thomas is from Birmingham University.

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