Kaya Gravitter

1 day ago | medium.com | Kaya Gravitter |Mehmet Yildiz

By Kaya GravitterOkay, so you're probably thinking, “How did this even happen?” When my grandmother brought me to a Christian bookstore yesterday, she hoped I might reconnect with the faith of my youth. It was a ploy, I know. But what she didn’t know was that I had already gone deeper into Christianity than most born into it ever do. I mean, she knew. But I guess her “seeing is believing” moment happened yesterday.

1 day ago | medium.com | Kaya Gravitter |Mehmet Yildiz

Written By: Kaya GravitterIn 1765, while studying law, a young Thomas Jefferson—driven by a relentless curiosity—acquired a personal copy of the Quran in Williamsburg. (1) This was eleven years before he authored the Declaration of Independence. Today, that very Quran is housed at the Library of Congress. (2)If one of America’s most influential Founding Fathers found value in studying Islam, then perhaps we should rethink assumptions about its place in American society.