Obama not Muslim therefore cannot be an apostate

Submitted by keith (United States), Jun 8, 2008 at 02:53

Obama can't be an apostate because he is not a muslim. It is as simple as that. His father was not a muslim when Barack was born. His father was an apostate from Islam before Barack was born therefore negating and making null your argument that Barack was a muslim from his father.

since his father was an athiest before Barack was born Barack had no religious identiy at all. A step father doesn't count. The birth father does. Also, it doesn't matter if Barack practiced Islam as a child. Practicing Islam doesn't make you a Muslim just because you visit a Mosque. You have to be of age and make a declaration of faith. 9 years old is not old enough to make this kind of a decision.

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