Ellison Uses Thomas Jefferson's Quran

Liberals. They crack me up...

You may have heard about the controversy surrounding Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison's decision to use a Quran to take his oath of office in a private swearing in ceremony. A lot of people on my side of the isle threw quite a fit over it. Personally, I couldn't care less. I'd take my oath on the Marine Corps Basic Skills Training Manual as I've read it more than any other book. The funny think about this controversy is that Ellison said he chose to use Jefferson's Quran because it showed that "a visionary like Jefferson" believed that wisdom could be gleaned from many sources. And the liberals just thought that was a slam against conservatives that were opposed to the idea. They were all overjoyed at the "in your face" statement Ellison was making to conservatives.

The truth is, as Ted Sampley of the US Veterans Dispatch illustrates, Thomas Jefferson, our third President and one of the Founding Fathers actually had to wage war against Muslim Pirates enslavers who were attacking African villages, European and American merchant ships, and taking prisoners and turning them into slaves. You ever hear of the Barbary Pirates? That's right boys and girls, they were Muslims. Where do you think the line "To the shores of Tripoli" came from? That's right, Thomas Jefferson's war against the Barbary Pirates. So it seems to me, he owned a copy of the Quran so he could know his enemy. I guess, he did gain some wisdom from that book. The wisdom he needed to kick some Muslim ass.

You have to appreciate the irony here. Here we have the first Muslim member of Congress trying to make a political statement by using a Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson and it was Thomas Jefferson that led the first American military victory against Islam. It truly is a thing of beauty.

Read the link above, it's very illuminating.

And just one more thing. Jefferson's copy of the Quran was an English translation and Jefferson himself was not a Muslim. I thought non-Muslims were forbidden from reading or touching the Quran. And I'm wondering if placing your hand on a translated version of the Quran once owned by an infidel is considered blasphemy under Islamic Law? I mean, if drawing a cartoon of Muhammad created such an outrage, I would think taking an oath of office on a Quran once owned and probably read by an infidel would make them absolutely nuts. But that's just a guess...