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
I didn’t realize hate was a religion my bad?
Sickening!
Who the F*K is she and please don’t tell me she’s a judge for the Supremem Court!
Matthew she is an American Citizen daughter of NYC Cop. And her family has been upholding the laws of this country for decades. If she wasn’t following the laws of this country…how could she have been an attorney all these years? That literally makes NO SENSE.
And you are right…the koran and bible are two different books. So what. there is no requirement for public officials to be sworn in on the bible.
Gee, Don Johnsonz the last I checked, Facebook is on the Internet, do, golly! I guess I’ve checked it out. I lived for years in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, Jerusalem. I think I know a lot about Islam. I’ve studied it and my Palestinian Muslim friends told me back in 1988, theey had sleeper cells all over the world for the biggest Caliphate ever, when Allah takes over the world. They told me they would put people in places of influence and authority and they would judge by Islamic law. I am seeing that happen now. This has been a long time coming. Please save your sarcasm for more qualified people.
So help me God” is not legally necessary, as the Constitution “expressly authorizes people not to swear at all, but to affirm. You don’t have to be Christian to acknowledge that the Bible is the source of America’s values. All judges, congress and even some presidents use a bible or affirm. Allowing another religious text, which isn’t compatible with our values, is special treatment. Just affirm to uphold the constitution and pass on the bible.
Our country sux more each day
Don, give it up . There is a law. Read it clearly will you. The bible that is based on Holy trinity ids the ONLY bible used for this purpose. Caira Jones already posted it down below. Stay in school and stay informed.
This is messed up !!! Wtf are we duin
This should be NULL and VOID………….by GOD, this is AMERICA!