Fragments of world's oldest Koran may predate Muhammad, scholars say
Published September 01, 2015 FoxNews.com IF the following is true, it could very well explain the difference between the moderate, milder verses of the Mecca period and the more violent verses of the Medina period. As suggested below Mohammed and his followers may have taken a text already in existence and modified it to suit their political agenda. British scholars have suggested that fragments of the world's oldest known Koran, which were discovered last month , may predate the accepted founding date of Islam by the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The Times of London reported that radiocarbon dating carried out by experts at the University of Oxford says the fragments were produced between the years 568 A.D. and 645 A.D. Muhammad is generally believed to have lived between 570 A.D. and 632 A.D. The man known to Muslims as The Prophet is thought to have founded Islam sometime after 610 A.D., with the first Muslim community established at Medina, in present-day Saudi Ar...