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<blockquote data-quote="A Is A" data-source="post: 56424054" data-attributes="member: 274469"><p>"The Founding Fathers never wood haf tawked to thes Mooslim bastards, amirite?!"</p><p></p><p>No.</p><p></p><p>You are not right.</p><p></p><p>In fact, the Muslim Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah of Morocco was the first world leader to recognize the United States as a sovereign nation.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=olBTEdJ0ncIC&pg=PA304&dq=morocco+first+to+recognize+united+states+1777&hl=en&ei=xJLKTN3MGIOglAe-zLHsAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22first%20nation%20in%20the%20world%20to%20recognize%22&f=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000">Morocco: the Islamist awakening and ... - Google Books</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Even if they were staunch Christians (or deists, whatever), plenty of the Founding Fathers had a healthy admiration for the Muslim faith. Thomas Jefferson, for example, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jS_e5M1jZ18C&pg=PA8&dq=Jefferson+taught+himself+arabic&hl=en&ei=dXX4TJTiL4T68AbRnpW1Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6wEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Jefferson%20taught%20himself%20arabic&f=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01194a">taught himself Arabic</span></a> using his own copy of the Quran and hosted the first White House <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iftar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01194a">Iftar</span></a> during Ramadan.</span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/0/8/38408.jpg?v=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 9px">Jefferson believed in celebrating the deliciousness of all world religions.</span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left">John Adams hailed the Islamic prophet Muhammad as one of the great "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zzV2lEgeULcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=John+Adams+Thoughts+on+Government&hl=en&ei=PYnKTIydCIKglAeFlrz9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mahomet&f=false" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01194a">inquirers after truth.</span></a>" Benjamin Rush, who was so Christian he wanted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01194a">a Bible in every school</span></a>, also said he would rather see the opinions of Confucius or Mohammad "inculcated upon our youth" than see them grow <span style="color: #01194a">deprived</span> "of a system of religious principles." Benjamin Franklin once declared: "Even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service." Even George Washington personally welcomed <a href="http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0205/tolerance.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01194a">Muslims</span></a> to come work for him at Mount Vernon.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A Is A, post: 56424054, member: 274469"] "The Founding Fathers never wood haf tawked to thes Mooslim bastards, amirite?!" No. You are not right. In fact, the Muslim Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah of Morocco was the first world leader to recognize the United States as a sovereign nation. [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=olBTEdJ0ncIC&pg=PA304&dq=morocco+first+to+recognize+united+states+1777&hl=en&ei=xJLKTN3MGIOglAe-zLHsAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22first%20nation%20in%20the%20world%20to%20recognize%22&f=false"][COLOR=#000000]Morocco: the Islamist awakening and ... - Google Books[/COLOR][/URL] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Even if they were staunch Christians (or deists, whatever), plenty of the Founding Fathers had a healthy admiration for the Muslim faith. Thomas Jefferson, for example, [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=jS_e5M1jZ18C&pg=PA8&dq=Jefferson+taught+himself+arabic&hl=en&ei=dXX4TJTiL4T68AbRnpW1Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6wEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Jefferson%20taught%20himself%20arabic&f=false"][COLOR=#01194a]taught himself Arabic[/COLOR][/URL] using his own copy of the Quran and hosted the first White House [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iftar"][COLOR=#01194a]Iftar[/COLOR][/URL] during Ramadan. [CENTER][IMG]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/0/8/38408.jpg?v=1[/IMG] [SIZE=1]Jefferson believed in celebrating the deliciousness of all world religions.[/SIZE][/CENTER] John Adams hailed the Islamic prophet Muhammad as one of the great "[URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=zzV2lEgeULcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=John+Adams+Thoughts+on+Government&hl=en&ei=PYnKTIydCIKglAeFlrz9Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mahomet&f=false"][COLOR=#01194a]inquirers after truth.[/COLOR][/URL]" Benjamin Rush, who was so Christian he wanted [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush"][COLOR=#01194a]a Bible in every school[/COLOR][/URL], also said he would rather see the opinions of Confucius or Mohammad "inculcated upon our youth" than see them grow [COLOR=#01194a]deprived[/COLOR] "of a system of religious principles." Benjamin Franklin once declared: "Even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service." Even George Washington personally welcomed [URL="http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0205/tolerance.html"][COLOR=#01194a]Muslims[/COLOR][/URL] to come work for him at Mount Vernon. [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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