If Adams and Jefferson owned korans, it would fall under the “know your enemy” classification.
Patton read the Koran on the ship ride to the invasion of N. Africa.
“To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. . . . Here, I think, is a text for some eloquent sermon on the virtues of Christianity.â€
Precisely. The influence the Koran had on our culture? Is there a number less than zero?
And they may have had other mystic works as well, not meaning they believed in them, but they wanted to be educated on the various thought systems in the world.