A review by slapshottechnology
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders by Denise A. Spellberg

4.0

Really interesting and enlightening read. Never really even thought of this through my love of Revolutionary times. You wouldn't think there would be any Muslims in the colonial US, but then you think of all the western African slaves, and the book goes through that. Amazing to see Jefferson put down on paper the religious freedom for all, not just Protestants. Of course Catholicism is targeted as similar to Islam, due to the factor of thinking they can never fall in line with other leaders than the Pope.

Really enjoyed reading the other leaders throughout the colonies call for religious freedom, like North Carolina's Iredell.