Examining the Newest Historical Research on Islam and the Earliest Quranic Manuscripts - Jay Smith

With so much of the world focused on ISIS these days, a group which uses and is absolutely dependent on the Qur’an and their prophet Muhammad for their authority, it is important to look at just how authoritative they both are historically. I will look at the newest data we have on Muhammad, as well as the Qur’anic manuscript evidence, including a look at the 6 earliest Manuscripts, and the new Qur’anic folios which are being dated using Carbon 14 dating (including the Birmingham folios highlighted by BBC i