Monthly Archives: Jul 2015

The Qur’an Strikes Back

The BBC this week reported that what are believed to be amongst the earliest ever fragments of the Qur’an have been foundĀ at Birmingham University. The fragments have been carbon dated with a 95% probability to the period 568 to 645 … Continue reading

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Reflections on 7/7

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the July 7 2005 bombings in London, as the country remembers the terrible events of that morning, I thought it was worth recalling some of the events in the lead up to … Continue reading

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