Obama's faith

Submitted by Janusz Kowalik (United States), Jan 7, 2008 at 12:36

The real question is what Muslims around the world think of Obama's past and present faith. If they regard him as an apostate then his presidency would create a significant problem for the US diplomacy and relations wirh Muslim countries.

Given this potential problem Obama should disclose and completely explain his early childhood faith and whether he could be regarded as a convert from Islam. Only he himself can provide enough reliable information clarifying this important issue. For all reasonable people around the world, Obama's religion is not an issue at all, but unfortunately we live in the world divided along religious boundaries and full of religious fanatics for whom this issue is extremely essential.

Let me hope that American people will be sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is not us who care if he attended a mosque with his step father, but one billion Muslims influenced by their religious leaders care if he is a convert from Islam.

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