Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131026:18:46:00
Constitution also include debates about the issue of the ablution of a religious test. and the question was raised whether a muslim or a catholic or a jew might be president. and, of course, that's all possible based on the fact that we don't have a religious test in the constitution. >> there were of course not many muslims living in the country at that time. but u.s. involvement with the islamic world dates back to the days before the nation's founding. what was america's experience with the islamic world in the 18th century? >> in fact we did have muslims living in the country in the 18th c...