The Founding Fathers and Islam: An Essay and Discussion Prompts for the Classroom

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The Founding Fathers and Islam: An Essay and Discussion Prompts for the Classroom

With more than 55 million items, the Library of Congress Manuscript Division contains the papers of 23 presidents, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge. In this article, Manuscript Division Chief James Hutson draws upon the papers of Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other primary documents to discuss the relationship of Islam to the new nation.

Consider also reading: Thomas Jefferson's Quran: Islam and the Founders

A resource on the Middle East Policy Council Teach Middle East site

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