Anyone with Hassan, Hussein etc can be assumed to be a Muslim???

Submitted by Anonymous (United States), Jul 15, 2008 at 03:42

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"Further, all children born with an Arabic name based on the H-S-N trilateral root (Hussein, Hassan, and others) can be assumed to be Muslim, so they will understand Obama's full name, Barack Hussein Obama, to proclaim him a born Muslim."

Coming from a Muslim country, I have had Christians say 'Assalamu Alaykum', and have names that are 'Arab' or Indian style - having nothing for their religion to do with Islam. They just were born their, got the culture, and are living with it. However, Mr Pipes would insist that anything 'Arab' is actually 'Muslim' so long as it proves his point.

I decided to not go through the remaining post ...

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