Oh, the irony. The sweet, sweet irony.
I love this use of the Library of Congress! Congressman Keith Ellison "the first Muslim elected to Congress took his oath of office using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson to make the point that 'religious differences are nothing to be afraid of.'" LOC has owned it since 1815. "The chief of the Library of Congress' rare book and special collections division, Mark Dimunation, will walk the Quran across the street to the Capitol and bring it back after the ceremony."
You may have heard statements that Virginia Republican Virgil Goode made earlier, insisting that people should only swear on the Bible. Well, I particularly loved the irony that "Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, in what is now Goode's congressional district in central Virginia. Goode's office did not return phone and e-mail messages left Wednesday."