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Islam and the founders, sheds light on a little known facet of american history. Denise spellberg talks about her book on thomas jeffersons quran, his ideas about islam, and how those ideas shaped his concept of democratic inclusion. Thomas jeffersons quran, by denise spellberg sfgate. Thomas jefferson and the long history of defending muslims rights. By john andrew morrow the maydan january 9, 2020 introduction the revelation that thomas jefferson had a quran and that islam had influenced the founding fathers of the united states was groundbreaking. Spellberg, thomas jeffersons quran journal of islamic. The daybook of the virginia gazette records the purchase of this edition by jefferson in williamsburg in 1765. Thomas jefferson s quran islam and the founders by denise a. Pdf thomas jeffersons quran ebooks includes pdf, epub and.
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