The US Congressman, Rachida Taleb, said her swearing-in, scheduled for Jan. 3, would include a translated copy of the Koran, made by George Suss in 1734, the version he had obtained The third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Rachida will borrow this version of the Qur´an from the Rare Books and Special Collections section of the Library of Congress.
She added to the newspaper that the use of the Koran in the oath aims to introduce Americans to Islam.
"It´s important to me because many Americans have this kind of feeling that Islam is a strange religion on American history," said Taleb, referring to the Koran. "Some of our founding fathers knew more about Islam than some members of Congress now."
Dlib is not the first to be sworn in by putting her hand on a translated version of the Koran. In 2006, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, who put his hand on the Koran when he was sworn in, caused widespread controversy.
But her hand on the Koran, on January 3, was not the only decision taken by Tlaib to take the oath, but she also decided to wear a traditional Palestinian dress on this special day.
Taleb gave her followers a glimpse of this "dress" on her account with Instagram.
Rachida Taleb, 42, has a history of breaking barriers. In 2008, she became the first Muslim to be elected to the Michigan Legislative Council. Rachida Tlaib was born in Detroit to a Palestinian immigrant family and her father worked at the Ford Motor Show.
