-12/2/16 -Modified 12/28/16 -Photoshop Thomas Jefferson owned the 1734 edition of the Qur’an and took an interest in Islam while he was studying law as a young man. This illustration shows the Prophet Muhammed subduing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist group, ISIS, with Jefferson’s copy of the holy text, symbolizing American Muslims’ struggle to take back Islam from violent fanatics.