about visiting a museum in England and a Quran on display there, seemed not like other Qurans he had seen. According to him, there are many different variations of the Quran throughout history.

He said it did not have the vowel markings or diacritical marks as some others do. And before I could say anything regarding development of these markings not coming into existence until the 8th century, he took off on another tangent, making similar remarks toward preservation of Quran.

Finally, I asked him to tell the people what those marks really mean. He pretended to know about "other things" in the Quran, but again without mentioning anything. He said I was only talking in circles and did not answer questions the way he would. (pretty good for atell the audience, "Why are there no markings in the book you saw?" He only side-stepped the issue and continued his rhetoric. I then announced to the people the reason there are no markings in the book on display in England is because at the time it was written (along with several others at the time, which are also preserved and on display in other museums, such as in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Istanbul, Turkey) - the diacritical and vowel markings - had not yet been invented. These were not introduced until the second century after Muhammad, peace be upon him. I further noted the Maserati Text of the Jewish Torah (Old Testament) did not include vowel markings for their captures until the ninth century, long after Muslims had