Obama lied when he said Jefferson had a Koran on his desk - and understood Islam as a "protected Posted: Sep 12th, 2018 - 5:29 am In Reply to: Thanks Obama! Barack Obama reminds us why Donald - Trump is president.
religion."
The lie by omission was that Jefferson wanted to understand the enemy.
Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates
“It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every mussulman who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise.”
Early in his presidency, unprovoked, Barbary Pirates had captured and enslaved American sailors and demanded excessive ransom payments.
This is why he wanted to understand the Koran.
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