Who is [Arabic name, in original Arabic characters; Latin: Husayn]

Canada Free Press ^ | Who cares...It's Relevant | JB Williams

[AJ in NYC]

A bright young student recently asked me this question in defense of her Messiah, Barack Hussein Obama… “Mr. Williams, my family name is Irish. Does that make me a terrorist member of the IRA?”

After pointing out that she had made no effort to hide her ancestry, I answered, “No, but it does make you Irish.” Just because most Americans have never seen his name printed in native Arabic characters, باراك حسين أسامة – does not mean that he is not Arab. In fact, his Arab name is at the very least, a strong indication that he may be of Arab descent.

Though Obama has built his campaign upon being the first “black” candidate (entirely ignoring the white half of his family tree as if it doesn’t even exist), the questions over whether or not he is African or Arab, Christian or Muslim, seems to have a very simple answer… Yes - all the above!

Those who have not spent much time with a world globe lately might have forgotten that Africa is made up largely of Arab nations and Arab Muslim people. Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria and Niger are all Arab nations on the African continent. Across the Red Sea from Africa are Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen and Oman.

Arabic is the most common language on the African continent. Why it comes as a shock to many Americans that a man with an Arabic birth name from a largely Arab continent might be Arab is strange, at a minimum…

[AJ in NYC]

It's coming folks - Payback... for all you rich, white infidels.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Really! Who are all those 1500’s and that ^one^ 1600???

[papasmurf]

More like pay it forward for about 47 million of us, I think.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I suspect something got lost in the translation.

[chesty_puller]

What the hell is this?

[raybbr]

The FR is set up certain characters in the title display as the numeric value instead of the character.

[50cal Smokepole]

How do you pronounce that?

[Red Steel]

The title:

Who is باراك حسين أسام

[papasmurf]

It's Arabic. Titles on the view page only show pure text, so it appears as the ascii equivalent in our browsers.

It's Arabic for م

[papasmurf]

that, thət

[Hot Tabasco]

Spell check is your friend, so is preview.........

[papasmurf]

Barak Hussein Obama.

[knarf]

Damned shame we get investigative reporting from foreign sources.

[rgr]

[Electric Graffiti]

Obama is Swahili for Osama

Baraq [Barack] was the name of the winged horse-like creature that took Mohammed to Paradise in the Night Journey. Baraq can also mean God's blessing. Obama is Swahili for Osama, who was one of Mohammed's chief warriors. Osama also means lion. Hussein reminds some Americans of Saddam Hussein, and Obama's supporters get upset if it is used. Hussein was the name of Mohammed's grandson. So Obama's entire name is based upon Islamic mythology and African conquest. Barack Hussein Obama means [Allah's blessing] [Mohammed's grandson] [One of Mohammed's finest warriors].
American Thinker:Barack Obama and Slavery

[papasmurf]

I only posted it as the way it came up in my translator.

I already know he’s a mutt, a socialist, and a foreign saboteur.

[Inappropriate Laughter]

Obama is Swahili for Osama

An interesting factoid that somehow never was brought up before the election...

[Zack Attack]

It's coming folks - Payback... for all you rich, white infidels.

Wait! I thought it was just the ones with blue eyes. /sarc

[G8 Diplomat]

باراك حسين أسامة

That says Barak Husayn Osama....

Barak = blessed
Husayn = handsome
Obama (Kenyan, not Arabic) = leaning

Couldn't have a more unfitting name....

[G8 Diplomat]

In fact, his Arab name is at the very least, a strong indication that he may be of Arab descent.

In 0bama's case, yes, because there are many Arabs in Africa, but simply having an Arabic name doesn't necessarily make you Arab. Many Iranians, Pakistanis, Afghans, and Turks have Arabic names like Muhammad, Ali, Mahmud, Abdullah, etc but they are not Arabs.