Islam and the First Amendment
... Thomas Jefferson wrote that the Virginia statute protecting religious freedom, which he drafted, deliberately covered âthe Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and Infidel of every denomination,â and that a proposal to mention Christ in the bill âwas rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehendâ all religions.
Which is as it should be. Read the whole thing. Via The Volokh Conspiracy » Islam and the First Amendment.