Fact Checker: Was Obama Ever A Muslim?

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Jul 1, 2008 10:38 AM EDT

Article Source: The Washington Post

Meanwhile I love this idea of some to adopt Hussein as a temporary name to try to take away its power to those using it against Obama

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

This is the rumor that won't go away and stories like this one in the Washington Post about the emails about Obama explain why. I thought it might be worthwhile to seed this fact checker story on it.

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2 votes

#1 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 10:43 AM EDT

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Tedd Riggs

Attention White People: This Is Rumor Control

I think actually it died long ago.

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5 votes

#2 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 1:36 PM EDT

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Angel_C

I keep hearing it--bouncing around--thanks for the fact checker post, Scott.

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1 vote

#2.1 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:09 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

I don't think that rumor is dead as the W Post notes - there are some polled who say they won't vote for obama based on their mistaken belief he's muslim (and some saying he was born muslim)

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3 votes

#2.2 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:09 PM EDT

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SteveHouse

Fellow Euro-Americans, I hope everything is now clear to you, even those of you who live in gated communities or square states where everyone is monotonously pale.

Ha! Nice link, Tedd, but I disagree. Heck, yesterday my great-aunt complained (in my response to my grandpa saying we can't have four more years of Bush) that "Obama (mumble mumble) Muslim (mumble mumble) give money to people back in Africa, where all his family is!"

I'll also mention that another old white person in the room seemed to be confused. (He's related to me, but I dunno how.) He said "no, I don't think it'll be Bush" as if he thought my grandfather meant Bush was running for re-re-selection. Nah, people are still focused on the old John McCain and the rumours of Obama's past, rather than current facts.

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2 votes

#2.3 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:17 PM EDT

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Tedd Riggs

I hope everything is now clear to you, even those of you who live in gated communities or square states where everyone is monotonously pale.

Never can tell what really happened behind those gated communities. That great-aunt that complained might be in fact related to that guy your talking about in sentance number 2, you know, what's his name, and my ex-girlfriend from Kenya know's all about John's little night on the town with, well anyway..I don't want to stir up those Bush's...☺

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4 votes

#2.4 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:52 PM EDT

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babin

Sadly I too have relatives (specifically in the South) that are very anti-Obama due to their lack of social enlightenment and assumptions based on his religious or racial background.

It's shocking how close minded a young college grad can be in 2008 and how misguided allegiance to the good 'ol red white and blue is for some.

I had to tear into my niece via email for forwarding a chain that said 'why muslims cannot be good americans' and how that was tied to Obama.

Issues, policies, trustworthiness, leadership abilities - you'd think this is what matters.

No wonder our country is in a @!$%# funnel of degradation.

Sorry, it makes me mad and frustrated. ugh.

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2 votes

#2.5 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:50 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

It makes me mad and frustrated too. Seeds like this are part of my attempt to channel my anger into something positive or at least clarifying. As Public Image Limited sang, "Anger is an energy."

That anger is also what drove me to write this.

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#2.6 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:30 AM EDT

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