Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Islam and the Founders

This is a compelling book about the history of religious tolerance in the early United States. this book overall paints the Muslims in a positive light, which is good. I learnt that the demonizing of islam has been rooted so deeply in the minds of European and American that it's so common to see pla......more

Probably one of the best books of the year. So much research has gone into this book by this excellent scholar; the notes are filled with great references and so many other books to read. Although some parts can be a bit repetitive (especially about the different people debating about imagined Musli......more

Despite his personal dislike of Islam, Thomas Jefferson worked tirelessly to protect the rights of Muslims and other non-Protestants to practice their respective faiths. His fight for religious equality took place against the widespread prejudice existing among Protestants for any faith other than t......more

أحببت هذا الكتاب .. يحمل الكثثير من المعلومات التي وصلت لي صورة الحياة و انسجام الأديان في الفترة الأولى من بناء الدولة الأمريكية بقيادة الأباء المؤسسين.......more

This book is both fascinating and necessary, giving our present day twin obsessions with misinformation about Islam, and mythologizing the founders of the nation an opportunity to be aired in tandem. what Spellberg has done here is provide an engaging and enlightening context for a simple but profou......more