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>http://www.thefactspaper.com/liberatingletters/2015/washington-adams-and-mohammad-m.html
Jefferson tried to understand the extreme behavior of Muslims by reading the Qur'an. After reading their holy book, he realized there was no satisfying the fanatics who were simply hell bent on killing. Rather than deny Islam or shield people from the truth, President Jefferson advised every American to read the Qur'an. He did not promote it for Americans to appreciate and accept Islam, but to understand its fanaticism and what America was fighting against. He even wrote in his copy of the introduction, “If you read this book, you will have nothing but contempt for Islamic law.”