Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur’an while also enslaving 600 people

Evidence

“Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur’an?” my friend Hamza asked, picking up Denise Spellberg’s book about Islam and the Founding Fathers as we sat in Haraz Coffee House in Dearborn, Michigan. “Yes,” I responded, “but he also owned 600 slaves.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1107

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article’s theme of class contradictions in moral/religious posturing; also connects to the Founding Fathers’ entanglement with both Islam and slavery.
• CANDY: A single memorable fact — Jefferson owning a Qur’an and 600 slaves — that lands instantly in conversation.