Islamic thought and sources have contributed both to the radical Enlightenment and early American Revolution. There is crystal clear historical evidence that many of the Founding Fathers of America were either “deists” or “Unitarians”. Both of these Enlightenment ideologies were directly influenced by Islamic thought through figures like Michael Servetus, Henry Stubbe, John Toland, Stephen Nye, John Biddle, Charles Blount, and movements such as Socinians. Some of the leading Founding Fathers were directly influenced by English thinkers such as John Lock, Isaac Newton and Thomas Hobbes who were in turn influenced by Islamic sciences, philosophy theology, political thinking and morality.
