• CTHlurker [he/him]
    hexbear
    20
    8 months ago

    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.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      17
      8 months ago

      It was Rashida Tlaib, but I think it's an english translation of the Quran!

      • CTHlurker [he/him]
        hexbear
        13
        8 months ago

        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.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
      hexbear
      8
      8 months ago

      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.