[WayneS]

It does not look to me like Benjamin Franklin quoted from the koran and called for Christians to be enslaved.

It looks to me like he quoted from a speech given by someone else, who quoted from the koran and called for the enslavement of Christians - and that he did so as part of his effort to point out the evils of slavery.

[WayneS]

Or, it was a work of satire, written as part of his effort to point out the evils of slavery.

[wtd]

Exactly. The suggestion that Franklin quoted the ‘koran’ is an interpretation from the author “Theodore Parker”. All links are provided to the sources.

[GeronL]

It looks like a title designed to attract attention to me

[Boogieman]

No, that speech was never made. That was just a pretext for Franklin to submit his own writing as if it were some document he discovered.

He often did stuff like that, writing “letters to the editor” under pseudonyms and such.

[Albion Wilde]

It does not look to me like Benjamin Franklin quoted from the koran and called for Christians to be enslaved.
It looks to me like he quoted from a speech given by someone else, who quoted from the koran and called for the enslavement of Christians - and that he did so as part of his effort to point out the evils of slavery.

Exactly. Misleading headline.

[UCANSEE2]

It looks to me like he quoted from a speech given by someone else, who quoted from the koran and called for the enslavement of Christians - and that he did so as part of his effort to point out the evils of slavery.

Yes, but if the author stated that outright, nobody would want to read his story. No story, no money.

It's always about the money.

[Nifster]

oh gosh we wouldn’t want to confuse people with the facts now would we ;)