http://www.independentconservative.com/2007/01/04/thomas_jefferson_koran_islam/ The Independent Conservative saying what needs to be said! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:27:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.independentconservative.com/2007/01/04/thomas_jefferson_koran_islam/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 TailOverTeaKettle.com » A “Historic” Day, a “Historic” Book Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.independentconservative.com/?p=1143#comment-4615 [...] An absolute must-read comes from the Independent Conservative, who shreds Ellison’s sound bites about Jefferson’s love of the Quran. I won’t spoil the read, but I thought that I give you at least one treat: Given Jefferson’s library had religious books from around the world and various times. His owning a Koran does not prove any reverence for Islam any more than his copy of “William King’s Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes”, which was a popular book of that time, but not regarded as something to revere. [...] [...] An absolute must-read comes from the Independent Conservative, who shreds Ellison’s sound bites about Jefferson’s love of the Quran. I won’t spoil the read, but I thought that I give you at least one treat: Given Jefferson’s library had religious books from around the world and various times. His owning a Koran does not prove any reverence for Islam any more than his copy of “William King’s Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes”, which was a popular book of that time, but not regarded as something to revere. [...]

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