No. Jefferson voiced support for “Turks” and “Mahometans,”
who only happened to be Muslim, a term he did not know
despite owning a Queer Ran
About a quarter of African slaves were Muslim, but most of the population at the time did not acknowledge that "Muslims" or "Islam" existed in America, because they simply didn't know.
False on every level. Thomas Jefferson himself voiced support for Muslims, in the US.
Then he got experience trying to work with them and reversed his position.
No. Jefferson voiced support for “Turks” and “Mahometans,”
who only happened to be Muslim, a term he did not know
despite owning a Queer Ran
About a quarter of African slaves were Muslim, but most of the population at the time did not acknowledge that "Muslims" or "Islam" existed in America, because they simply didn't know.
TJ used the word Musselmen.
Your argument falls flat.
You shift the goalposts from founding Fathers to most of the population.
You don't seem interested in honest dialog.