Posted on 01/03/2019 10:16:41 AM PST by Simon Green
When incoming U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is sworn into office Thursday, she will use Thomas Jefferson’s centuries-old Quran.
Some might be shocked that Jefferson owned an English-translated Quran that dates back to 1734. But Tlaib — one of the two first Muslim women elected to Congress in November — said she’s okay with that reaction, according to CNN.
“I like that,” the Democrat told CNN. “I like that it’s kind of pushing against the stereotype that somehow we’re new to this country.”
Jefferson’s Quran was also used by Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison in 2007 when the Minnesota congressman took his own oath of office, according to The Washington Post.
As noted by The Washington Post, the historic Quran includes an opening from George Sale, who translated it into English, that sheds a less-than favorable light on Islam.
“Whatever use an impartial version of the Koran may be of in other respects, it is absolutely necessary to undeceive those who, from the ignorant or unfair translations which have appeared, have entertained too favourable an opinion of the original, and also to enable us effectually to expose the imposture,” the opening says, according to The Washington Post.
But for Tlaib, using the Quran sends an unmistakable message after she and incoming Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, made history in the 2018 midterms as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
“It’s important to me because a lot of Americans have this kind of feeling that Islam is somehow foreign to American history,” Tlaib told The Detroit Free Press. “Muslims were there at the beginning. … Some of our founding fathers knew more about Islam than some members of Congress now.”
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Treason.
Swearing in by the book which instructs to kill infidels and to lie to advance their cause. So lying by her is expected. Taqiyya.
Probably the same Quran used when obama was sworn in
And Jefferson bought and studied that Koran to better understand how to destroy Islam back in 1800 before the Barbary wars.
How many heroes turning over in their graves in Arlington and other national cemeteries??
Jefferson had a koran so he could STUDY HIS ENEMY.
They were fighting in Tripoli at the time, I believe.
Sooner or later, we know what must be done.
All of them.
Barf - the stupid dems don’t even understand the why Jefferson owned a Koran or why he did what he did. But golly it makes for a great photo op they can hijack and twist history for.
And don’t forget that Jefferson was an old white guy who owned slaves and is EVIL... except now he’s not.
Are their people who believe muslims are going to be better than Jefferson?
Other than muslims that is.
Jefferson had a koran so he could STUDY HIS ENEMY.
They were fighting in Tripoli at the time, I believe.
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Correct. Jefferson saw Muslims a vile creatures.
Muslims do not recognize translated Korans as legitimate. So, I suppose that oaths taken on them are meaningless?
The reason Jefferson had it was to get an understanding of the north African Islamic pirate nations. I can’t recall them doing anything constructive in the early United States.
The early history if Islam she must be talking about is when we were at war with them. They never influenced this country culturally, however.
No pushback, therefore... “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Ah yes, sweet irony!
As an American citizen, I refuse to acknowledge the legal existence of this mohammedan worm, and refuse to accept any sort of legislation this worm puts its name to.
B-b-b-but HE OWNED SLAVES!!!!!!!!....................
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