[Fedora]

Letters of Delegates to Congress: Volume 22 November 1, 1784 - November 6, 1785 - Richard Henry Lee to James Madison: " I fully agree with the presbyterians, that true freedom embraces the Mahomitan [Muslim] and the Gentoo [Hindu] as well as the Xn [Christian] religion."

This is first of all Lee's opinion, and he indicates that he is siding with the Presbyterians on a controversial issue, so it would need to be established that his opinion was shared by the other framers of the Constitution and--more importantly--was the same as that intended by the Bill of Rights. But even if that is granted for the sake of argument, what concept of the "Mahomitan" religion is Lee referring to here? In the context of 18th-century thought, it is most likely he is referring to the widespread Enlightenment opinion that all religions shared a certain set of core values illustrated by, for instance, the parallels between the Golden Rule, the rabbinical version of the Golden Rule, and a parallel Confucian teaching. In any case, he is not referrring to contemporary radical fundamentalist Islam, which did not exist in the 18th century in its current form.

[spunkets]

"which did not exist in the 18th century in its current form"

It was founded in the 8th century and both Madison and R.H. Lee was aware of their prior exploits.

[CobaltBlue]

I doubt very much that the Founding Fathers would have wanted to prevent an 11 year old girl from wearing a headscarf to school. It was not at all uncommon for women, girls, men and boys in those days to cover their heads.

[Van Jenerette]

...for class.