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The fascinating history of how Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights
Thomas Jefferson and others explicitly mentioned Muslims in outlining the parameters of religious freedom and equal protection in the U.S. By Elahe Izadi.
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Mayor Swears In, But Not On the Bible
Bob Scott has taken plenty of oaths in his decades of public service. He served in the Army as a public affairs officer, and flew many years with the Civil Air Patrol before spending ten years on the Franklin Board of Alderman. And all those times, he was sworn in the same way...
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"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”....That was Jefferson's belief.
Unfortunately, religions have extremists that teach intolerance and inflict physical suffering and death. Islam certainly is one, not to underestimate the Papal reigns of terror years gone by. When religion does get to that stage of violence, it needs to be tamed.