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Will Donald Trump be using Jefferson’s Qur’an?

Donald Trump
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

I think we can assume a future president-elect Trump is unlikely to swear the oath of allegiance to the constitution using Thomas Jefferson’s copy of the Qur’an kept by the Library of Congress (Report, 8 December). Mind you, as a Christian, I would rather he didn’t use the Bible either.
Rev Paul Hunt
Senior chaplain, Emanuel School, London

• Donald Trump wanted to devastate part of Scotland. We should prevent all Americans entering this country.
Anne Archer
Tighnabruaich, Argyll

• Daffodils and primroses in full bloom, blackbirds busy making nests and chiffchaffs on the bird table – ah, the joys of spring.
Peter Merry
Langport, Somerset

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