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Source : Mubaligh online

Southeast Asia may give Europe a run for its money. For the first time, researchers have applied high-tech dating techniques to prehistoric art on the walls of seven limestone caves near the town of Maros on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The hand "stencils" and animal images that adorn the walls have minimum ages ranging from 35,400 to 39,900 years old. This falls within the range of dates assigned to the oldest cave art in Europe.

Ancient drawings on the walls of Indonesian caves.

Source : Christian Science Monitor

Isn't this what Hazrat Miza Ghulam Ahmad said 125 years ago and Sunnis brothers have just realised it!

The handbook also offers advice for Muslims living in non-Muslim societies, specifically with reconciling their religious duties with incongruous local laws: "Muslims must obey the law of the land they live in," the book says, adding that local laws musn't restrict "fundamental requirements" of the faith.

"If any restrictions exist, Muslims must try and remove them within the legal means."

Muslims eventually turn to what Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad taught.

Source : Sun News (Canada)

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