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===Religion===
===Religion===
====Christianity====
Jefferson was keenly interested in religion. He was raised in the [[Church of England]] at a time when it was the established church in Virginia and never formally left the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]], and attended church regularly near the end of his life. Despite that, at least one historian claims that Jefferson was merely a [[deism|deist]].<ref>David L. Holmes, ''The Faiths of the Founding Fathers''.</ref> Conservative scholars such as [[David Barton]] point out how Jefferson was a pious orthodox Christian.<ref>Barton, David. ''The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson'' (2012, Thomas Nelson)</ref> Liberal publishing houses, such as Oxford University Press, University of Virginia Press, and Yale University Press, typically deny or downplay Jefferson's Christian beliefs.
Jefferson was keenly interested in religion. He was raised in the [[Church of England]] at a time when it was the established church in Virginia and never formally left the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]], and attended church regularly near the end of his life. Despite that, at least one historian claims that Jefferson was merely a [[deism|deist]].<ref>David L. Holmes, ''The Faiths of the Founding Fathers''.</ref> Conservative scholars such as [[David Barton]] point out how Jefferson was a pious orthodox Christian.<ref>Barton, David. ''The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson'' (2012, Thomas Nelson)</ref> Liberal publishing houses, such as Oxford University Press, University of Virginia Press, and Yale University Press, typically deny or downplay Jefferson's Christian beliefs.
Jefferson was also greatly interested in Eastern religions and Islam. In fact, in 2007, Representative Keith Ellison (the first Muslim elected to Congress) was sworn in on Jefferson's copy of the Koran.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010301179.html</ref>
Jefferson was also greatly interested in Eastern religions and Islam. In fact, in 2007, Representative Keith Ellison (the first Muslim elected to Congress) was sworn in on Jefferson's copy of the Koran.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010301179.html</ref>
====Islam====
{{main|Islam|Qu'ran}}
Jefferson owned a two-volume copy of the Koran which was translated in 1734 by George Sale.<ref>[https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/quran Qu'ran], Thomas Jefferson's Monticello</ref> Jefferson's Koran is known to be unflattering toward Islamic viewpoints.<ref>[http://www.annaqed.com/en/politics-socio-politics/thomas-jeffersons-quran Thomas Jefferson’s Quran]</ref>
In a 1786 letter to [[John Jay]], Jefferson explained the situation that he had run into, along with [[John Adams]](who also owned a Koran), with the ambassador from the [[Barbary States]], Jefferson wrote:
<blockquote>We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation.
The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the laws of their prophet; that it was written in their Koran; that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners; that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners; and that every Mussulman who was slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.<ref>[https://captainjamesdavis.net/2015/02/05/thomas-jefferson-and-john-adams-explain-why-muslims-turn-to-terrorism/ Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Explain Why Muslims Turn to Terrorism]</ref></blockquote>
===The Right to Bear Arms===
===The Right to Bear Arms===