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minus-squareCthulhusIntern [he/him]hexbear31·11 months agoDidn't Ben Franklin learn Arabic through his own copy of the Quran, or am I thinking of a different guy? link
minus-squareCTHlurker [he/him]hexbear20·11 months agoThink that was Jefferson. Supposedly he was big into studying religions, and I seem to remember the first Muslim in Congress being sworn in on the same Quran. link
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexagonhexbear17·11 months agoIt was Rashida Tlaib, but I think it's an english translation of the Quran! link
minus-squareCTHlurker [he/him]hexbear13·11 months agoThis was what I was thinking of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_oath_controversy_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress Apparently the Jefferson Qu'ran thing came later and he was sworn in using a "regular" Qu'ran. link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear8·11 months agoApparently he created an edit of the bible that took out all the miracles and just focused on the stuff that could be applied to secular thought. link
Didn't Ben Franklin learn Arabic through his own copy of the Quran, or am I thinking of a different guy?
Think that was Jefferson. Supposedly he was big into studying religions, and I seem to remember the first Muslim in Congress being sworn in on the same Quran.
It was Rashida Tlaib, but I think it's an english translation of the Quran!
This was what I was thinking of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_oath_controversy_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress
Apparently the Jefferson Qu'ran thing came later and he was sworn in using a "regular" Qu'ran.
Apparently he created an edit of the bible that took out all the miracles and just focused on the stuff that could be applied to secular thought.