Sworn in on Quran/Koran....Thomas Jefferson’s acquired 1st edition Quran/Koran, to be exact. Jefferson acquired the 1st edition Quran/Koran so that he could better understand those whom he would/was fighting: the Barbary Pirates.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html
And now the Democrats just get into bed with the enemy.
Good read
>>>> the Barbary Pirates. <<<<
After the Brits and Independence, America’s first act of war was against the Muslim nations that were terrorizing, extorting, and enslaving shippers in the Med.
The French were happy to pay them off, Jefferson (and IIRC Adams) said No.
The jizya (extortion) was (I think) reaching 20 percent (more?) of the U.S. budget.
Sorry, it’s a little foggy, easily remedied with a Google search which I’m too lazy to do right now.