quote:
He was a Muslim and gave our president his Muslim name.
If we actually READ the article that Buz linked to we see that the places where the word Muslim appears are:
Although Obama Sr. was born into a Muslim and Christian family,[15] he became an atheist as a young man.[6]
(In the Early Life section)
A quote from Obama's book
My Spiritual Journey in
Reference 6:
...although my father had been raised a Muslim, by the time he met my mother he was a confirmed atheist, thinking religion to be so much superstition."
A reference to an offsite article - reference 12
"Obama’s father and the origin of Muslim name" - but the link is dead, and it would be bizarre indeed to rely on something implied by the title of an external reference over the actual text.
And a category at the bottom:
Kenyan former Muslims
Or maybe we should look for "Islam" - there are only three references in the article, two about Obama's grandfather and one in the sidebar providing summary information which says:
Religion Islam, later Atheist[6]
So, except for the title of an offsite article - which Buz did not refer to or link to, every part of the source which says that Obama senior was ever a Muslim also states that he abandoned Islam. For Buz to "honestly" come to the conclusion that the article said that Obama senior was a Muslim
at the relevant part of his life he would have to ignore the fact that every reference to Obama senior ever being a Muslim also says that he abandoned Islam. He can't even have read one complete sentence !
(And need I point out that Obama senior gave his son his
own name ? One need not be a Muslim to do that !)