When Thomas Jefferson obtained a Koran (spelled Quran by the pretentious set) he was looking to see what it was all about. Before he became President, Jefferson was an ambassador along with John Adams. America at that time, was beset by some Islamic radicals your history books sometimes refer to as the Barbary Coast pirates.
They met with an ambassador from Tripoli and this polite chap informed them:
“That’s what we do. We are commanded to do so by Allah.” Jefferson later wrote that the Tripoli ambassador told him, “It was written in their Koran that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every mussulman (Muslim) who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to Paradise.”
Things were so much different then.
Speed up this hyper-enlightened post 9/11 era and we can’t get enough of officials getting sworn in on a book that Jefferson once obtained to learn about extremists murdering our sailors.
Rep. Keith Ellison was sworn in on Jefferson’s own Koran, as if this was some latent dream of the Founding Fathers. Most well read people were in on the joke and understood the moxy Rep. Ellison was showing by swearing in on the one book that was used to craft our defense of the first American attacks from Jihadists.
No one knew better except a few Glenn beck listeners and who cares anyway? The Koran is just like the Bible, etc…
Now we have an actual judge showcased just to provoke a reaction.
See page two for the Koran swearing judge
Doesn’t the bible? Yep.
Send her Korea. They practice freedom of religion there don’t they. HA She just wants her face in the news. She is getting it now…….all bad
Let’s see – Christianity has rape, oppression of women, slavery, death, burning people alive, forcing women to marry rapists….
Donna so basically when you run out of argument you make threats of eternal damnation.
What makes you think the United States gets it’s laws from the Holy Bible? If it did slavery would still be legal….
Good for you.
Public officials are not required to swear an oath. Just to affirm one. There is no law requiring a “holy book” to swear upon, and in fact – many officials swear upon the Constitution.
We have freedom of religion in this country. That means no religious test is required for public office, there is no state religion, and members of any religion may hold public office.
It figures the guy with the redneck failure flag on his profile image wouldn’t even be able to spell “You’re” correctly.
I am Not making any threats, God is, if you don’t believe in Him…..I have a personal relationship with Jesus, not something that can be explained, it is an experience of sooo much Love…period!!
Teddy Roosevelt wasn’t sworn in on a bible….several judges and Senators have been sworn in without a bible. You really don’t know how this whole freedom thing works do you?
Because quran is a truly book so why she did this its her life and she is free what’s she want so don’t be idiot and come cool down and enjoy yourself