Obama Praises Muslims While Thomas Jefferson Didn’t Trust Them : Political Outcast

Obama Praises Muslims While Thomas Jefferson Didn’t Trust Them : Political Outcast: The following remarks were made by President Obama at an Iftar Dinner for Muslims held at in the East Room at the White House:

As I’ve noted before, Thomas Jefferson once held a sunset dinner here with an envoy from Tunisia — perhaps the first Iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago. And some of you, as you arrived tonight, may have seen our special display, courtesy of our friends at the Library of Congress — the Koran that belonged to Thomas Jefferson. And that’s a reminder, along with the generations of patriotic Muslims in America, that Islam — like so many faiths — is part of our national story.

As Paul Harvey would say, “Now the rest of the story.”

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