Too bad there isnt any quotes by Jefferson about Islam, because Im sure he would have said that its a bunch of BS.
It's kind of odd that there aren't more quotes from Jefferson about the "Musselmen," since they were so important to his administration.
But this is Jefferson's word -- which I had posted above in summary:
"On March 28, 1786 Jefferson and Adams detailed what they saw as the main issue:
“We took the liberty to make some inquiries concerning the Grounds of their pretensions to make war upon a Nation who had done them no Injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our Friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation. The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.”