And the point of all this is...

Submitted by Aamir (United States), Jun 24, 2008 at 15:50

And the point of all this is... what?

There's no denying that there were some peripheral references to Islam in Obama's childhood. Does that make him a muslim? Hmmm... why don't we ask the person who might know that best? How about Barrack Obama?

I for one tend to believe someone when they say "I'm Christian", or "I'm Jewish", or "I'm a ". Short of fear of death, I've yet to find any reason for a person to lie or mislead about their religious beliefs. Certainly not political gain.

The idea that Obama is a Muslim wolf in Christian clothing waiting for the first moon of his presidency to begin howling the night away is more ridiculous and outlandish than anything Stephen King and Dan Brown could come up with together.

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