What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an—A History of Islam & the United States

In 2006, Keith Ellison became the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress. He swore in on a Qur'an. Most Americans know little about the Qur'an, who wrote it and how it spread. The book includes a brief history of Mohammed and the battles that, within a hundred years of his death, conquered North Africa, the Holy Land, Persia, Spain - the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. -Read how Sultan Mehmet II conquered the 1000 year old Byzantine capital of Constantinople. -How Jefferson sent Marines to capture the Muslim Barbary pirate port of Tripoli. -Teddy Roodsevelt's analysis of Islams' advance. -How Woodrow Wilson tried to save millions of Armenian Christians killed in Turkey. Compares the beliefs of Islam with the beliefs of America's founders and Presidents. -Will Political Correctness & “Hate Crime” Legislation help spread of radical Islam? Thousands of books, documents & articles have been researched for this 288 page book. You will not be the same after reading "What Every American Needs To Know About The Qur'an-A History of Islam & the United States.