How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders

Journalist Aymann Ismail traces the surprising role Muslims played in the imagination and reality of America's founding generation.

Little-known history, from Jefferson's Qur'an to an enslaved Muslim scholar's memoir, told through an engaging personal journey.

Did you know that Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur’an? That George Washington owned enslaved people who were Muslim? And that a Muslim diplomat broke his Ramadan fast in the White House in 1805? These are some of

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