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Why, Despite Media Fake News, Rep. Rashida Tlaib Didn't Want to Use Jefferson's Koran
Frontpage ^ | January 6, 2019 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 01/07/2019 1:26:17 PM PST by Cheerio

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To: elcid1970

Well met.


21 posted on 01/07/2019 2:57:19 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Little Ray
Technically, it is not a Koran if it is not written Arabic.

True. I went to a Catholic college and had to take one year of an alternative religion and I choose Islam.

They were quick to acknowledge that since it was a translation it could not be 100% accurate. It was close enough to prove to me {and most of the class} that islam was not really a religion, but more a political way of life.

22 posted on 01/07/2019 3:42:06 PM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke all mooselimb terrorists, today.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Was John Randolph’s Koran any different? Some moderns have argued he was Islamic because he owned a Koran.


23 posted on 01/07/2019 3:54:49 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: himno hero

The Barbary Pirates gave the USA, and him, a lot of headaches alright.

But anyhow, the bible doesn’t need editing — it needs understanding.


24 posted on 01/07/2019 4:03:18 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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To: scrabblehack
I don't think Randolph actually was a Muslim. In his youth, he did have a fascination with Islam because he thought Christianity was for weaklings. He wasn't a very big fan of humility. But there's no evidence that he acted on his interest in Islam, and in later life he was considered a Christian.

A quote from him might be useful in other ways:

Sir we live under a government of a peculiar structure to which the doctrines of the European writers on civil polity do not apply, and when gentlemen get up and quote Vattel as applicable to the powers of the Constitution of the United States I should as soon have expected them to quote Aristotle or the Koran. Our Government is not like the consolidated monarchies of the old world.

Not a fan of Vattel.

25 posted on 01/07/2019 4:15:34 PM PST by x
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To: Fred Hayek

I’m humor impaired and can’t tell if you Re being sarcastic.
Sorry.


26 posted on 01/07/2019 4:30:05 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: piasa

We’re talking about the Muslim-colluding Media here.


27 posted on 01/07/2019 4:30:10 PM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: piasa
No one took pictures of her swearing in?

Not unless they wanted to break their camera!

28 posted on 01/07/2019 7:46:39 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: piasa

The actual oath is taken on the House floor, and I don’t think any photos are allowed. The photos seen are staged later. Kabuki for the rubes.


29 posted on 01/07/2019 7:52:31 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Little Ray

Combination of being sarcastic and predicting what the revisionist history taqiyya would be. Having lived amongst barking moonbat liberals, I have found them to be so predictable.


30 posted on 01/07/2019 8:02:10 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Cheerio
Thanks for the background information. I did not know the full details regarding Jefferson's Koran.
There are a scanned versions of George Sale's Koran translation at the Internet archive. and Project Gutenberg.
31 posted on 01/07/2019 8:36:10 PM PST by Widget Jr
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