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Sen. Barack Obama attends services Sunday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Mason City, Iowa. [1]
Claim: Illinois senator Barack Obama is a “radical Muslim” who “will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance.” [2]
“It’s probably not something that appeals to him, but I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim,” Kerrey, who made a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination won by Bill Clinton in 1992, told The Washington Post. [1]
You are aware, probably, that Barack Obama lost his bearings recently and said that he was going to campaign in all 57 states. [3]
We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.” Note the progression. [4]
The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality is a controversial bestselling book by Jerome Corsi intended by its author to oppose Barack Obama’s candidacy for President of the United States. [5]
The issue gained prominence earlier this month when Clinton’s campaign forced the resignation of two Iowa volunteer coordinators who had forwarded e-mails that falsely tried to tie him to Islamic jihadists. [1]
“One of the great strengths of the United States,” the President said, “is… we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. [6]
Of his mother’s religious views, Senator Obama wrote: For my mother, organized religion too often dressed up closed-mindedness in the garb of piety, cruelty and oppression in the cloak of righteousness. [2]
Clearly, Islamic influence on the United States was minimal, and what little influence there was, was mostly negative. [...] Obama, along with this Turkey governance have systematically separated themselves from their nation’s religions, just as Europe has done, along with Great Britain, and thereby embraced a new world religion of reform. [4]
The book opens with a quote by Andy Martin, who the The Nation,, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have identified as the primary source for the allegations that Obama is concealing an alleged Muslim faith, rumors which began shortly after his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. [5]
And I don’t want one - I don’t want Barack Obama to be the head of the church. [4]
Clinton’s campaign, which had sought to highly publicize the pairing of Kerrey’s endorsement with that of The Des Moines Register, Iowa’s largest newspaper, had no comment on the former Nebraska senator’s remarks. [...] Obama’s attendance Sunday at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Mason City, Iowa, was as much an observation of faith as it was a rejoinder to baseless e-mailed rumors that he is a Muslim and poses a threat to the security of the United States. [1]
Sources:
[1] Nation & World | “Muslim” issue resurfaces for Obama | Seattle Times …
[2] snopes.com: Who Is Barack Obama?
[3] snopes.com: Barack Obama and 57 States
[4] Obama: America Not a Christian Nation
[5] The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality …
[6] Obama: U.S. “Not A Christian Nation Or A Jewish Nation Or A Muslim …