Posted on 04/07/2011 1:46:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Many people have been accused of either refusing to believe or not making it clear enough that the president is an avowed Christian.
A much-discussed poll suggested last week that nearly one-in-five Americans erroneously believe President Obama is a Muslim. The White House was even forced to put out a statement affirming Obama's Christian faith. While the reason for this misconception is unclear, there's no shortage of people on both sides of the political aisle who have explicitly embraced the falsehood or sought to expand its currency. Just this week Todd Herman, the new communications director of the Republican National Committee, suggested on Twitter that Obama might be a Muslim — a tweet that was quickly deleted and labeled "errant." But Herman has plenty of company in helping to perpetuate the myth. Here are some of the more prominent offenders:
Rev. Franklin Graham, televangelist
What he said: "I think the president's problem is that he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim," said renowned evangelist the Rev. Franklin Graham, when asked about Obama's faith on CNN. "The seed of Islam is passed through the father." Graham went on to acknowledge that Obama had converted to Christianity, and added: "That's what he says he has done. I cannot say that he hasn't." What critics said: ABC News called it a "seemingly lukewarm endorsement" of Obama's Christian faith. Others were less kind. "In a follow up question, John King asked Graham if the sky was blue," joked Michael Scherer at Time. "Graham said the sky used to be white, but if it is presenting itself to be blue now, well, he has no reason to contradict it."
Kim Lehman, GOP official
What she said: The Iowa Republican national committeewoman tweeted last week that Obama "personally told the muslims that he IS a muslim. Read his lips." Lehman refused to walk back the statement, telling the Des Moines Register: "[This] isn't about me. Call the President... Say 'are you a Christian or not?'... If I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to say, 'Oh I'm wrong.'"
What critics said: "No one in the official GOP tent... has fully embraced the rumor. Until now," said Sam Stein at The Huffington Post.
Tom Ganley, candidate for House of Reps.
What he said: When asked by Roll Call if he believed the rumors about Obama's religion, the Ohio Republican House candidate replied: "I don't have a position on whether he's a Muslim." He later clarified his response: "According to the White House, our President is a Christian and I have no reason to believe otherwise."
What critics said: "The President's biography isn’t something that someone 'takes' a position on," said ModernEsquire at Plunderbund. "There are facts, and then there are smears. And given the opportunity to take on the smears, Ganley first chose to play ambivalent."
Laura Ingraham, radio host
What she said: Filling in for Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News contributor said it "seemed a bit odd" that Obama went to the gym on Christmas Day. "It's the reaching out to the Muslim world, talking about the great Muslim contributions to the world, having all this Muslim outreach in Cairo," she added. "But then when it comes to your own faith, you can't find a church or a church is too unconvenient [sic] to go to... people put it all together in their minds, it's not one thing it's a bunch of things."
What critics said: Ingraham "seemed to consciously avoid stating that [people who think Obama is a Muslim] were wrong, and instead, listed the reasons that they might believe the President is a Muslim," said Jon Bershad at Mediaite.
Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader
What he said: "The president says he's a Christian. I take him at his word. I don't think that's in dispute," the Senate minority leader said last Sunday on "Meet the Press."
What critics said: McConnell's statement in support of Obama was described as a "dog whistle" by Politico. The phrasing suggested "that the debate over Obama's religion was legitimate," said Sam Stein at The Huffington Post. This will only "further spur claims that the GOP doesn't mind having this image of Obama spread."
Cathie Adams, state GOP official
What she said: The former Republican Party of Texas chair tweeted a video link suggesting Obama is a Muslim plant installed by the Saudi royal family. "Is Obama a Muslim?" she added. "What does that mean for the USA?"
What critics said: Texas Republicans are "really, really, REALLY lucky" Adams is no longer their state party chair, said Richard Dunham at the Houston Chronicle. "They escaped a big spin problem."
Hillary Clinton, Sec. of State
What she said: During the 2008 presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton was asked if she thought her rival candidate was a Muslim. "Of course not," she began, before adding, "there's nothing to base that on. As far as I know."
What critics said: "Her denial seems something other than ironclad," noted Ben Smith at Politico. Time's Joe Klein went further: "Clinton disgraced herself by playing into these innuendos."
And ixtl makes nine.....
Make it 9
I just listened to the CNN interview where the commentator tried deflecting the truth by stating that, the transcript that was submitted in most of the court proceedings on Obama’s eligibility, had been debunked.
The only thing that has been debunked is the fact that Obama & his Kenyan family claimed to be Christians and then the Kenyan family trotts off to Mecca after the elections. HELLO! Christains are not allowed in Mecca, and most certainly not during their sacred Hajj. (the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to Allah)
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=96940
What about Barack “My Muslim Faith” Obama, himself?
I don’t think Obama is a BELIEVING Muslim. I think he is an atheist Communist. But like almost all Leftists today, he looks upon Islam as a kind of solvent, or a battering ram, to bring down the Christian West.
My evidence: When a government is our ally, resisting the IslamoNazis, Obama sides with the IslamoNazis. When the government is IslamoNazi (Iran), Obama sides with the government.
In Libya, Obama now has the U.S. allied with al-Qaeda.
Doesn’t anyone else see a pattern here.
BTW: I’ve seen dozens of news items saying that people “mistakenly” or “erroneously” believe that Obama is not a Christian. I’ve never seen a news item saying that people “erroneously” believe that raising tax rates on “the rich” will balance the budget, or increase revenues.
Stephanopoulos: "You mean your Christian faith."
Obama: "blah blah blah... whatever, dude... blah blah blah"
Wasn’t Obama sworn in using the Quran, which mentions the word kill 300 times (according to what I was told by a former Muslim who has converted to Christianity), rather than using the Bible?
LLS
Obama was sworn in using a Lincoln King James Version Bible. Since he was planning to disregard the oath he would not have used a Koran. Acourse.
Yes, that’s right. It was Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a Muslim, who was sworn in with the Quran.
Come on guys! Lighten up.
I was just at Church last Sunday and the Priest said, “The Muslim call to prayer at sunset, is the prettiest sound on Earth.”
And then he quoted the Islamic declaration of faith in perfect Arabic. Nothing unusual about that...and he ended with, “I stand with the Muslims.” And everything he did and said afterwards was in praise of Muslims and Islam.
Well, in all honesty, we did think that was slightly odd? And he kept insisting that America has 57 states!?
Iraq, secluar muslims in charge - bad
Iran, fundalmentalist muslims in charge - no problem
Egypt, secular muslims in charge - bad
Libya, secular muslims in charge - bad
Sudan, fundamentalist muslims in charge commiting genocide - no problem
Ivory Coast, fundamentalist muslims in charge killing christians - no problem
Pakistan, secular muslims in charge - bad
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Obama, since he was born of a Muslim father, was born a Muslim by Islamic law.
There is no doubt he is STILL a Muslim.
Just a few quotes from his speeches:
“Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit”
Barack Hussein Obama
“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“The contribution of Muslims to the United States are too long to catalog because Muslims are so interwoven into the fabric of our communities and our country”
Barack Hussein Obama
“I have lived in a Muslim-majority country... I know, because I am one of them.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one’s religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.”
Barack Hussein Obama
“We are not nor have we even been at war with Islam”
Barack Hussein Obama
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This is what the Marxist/Muslim
has done with American tax dollars while
Americans lose their jobs and homes-
and as he prepares to stick Americans with
the highest tax in history!
BILLIONS FOR JIHAD!
Obama’s 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and “passed by the full committee.” Not sure what the next step is, but based on the summary, it gives billions http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/obamas-supplemental-bill-passes-gives-billions-to-enemies/
of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies.
Read the summary from David Obey’s office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.
• $3.6 billion, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
• $400 million, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces
• Afghanistan: $1.52 billion, $86 million above the request
• West Bank and Gaza: $665 million in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
• Jordan: $250 million, $250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance
• Egypt: $360 million, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance, $50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance
• Pakistan: $1.9 billion, $591 million above the request
• Iraq: $968 million, $336 million above the request
• Oversight: $20 million, $13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
• Lebanon: $74 million
• International Food Assistance: $500 million, $200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis
• Refugee Assistance: $343 million, $50 million above the request, …including humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)
• Disaster Assistance: $200 million to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia
• Peacekeeping: $837 million for United Nations peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic
• Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system
The mainstream media remains silent on this but the International News has now picked up the story http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22164
— and then there is Obama’s $108 billion IMF bailout scheme http://michellemalkin.com/2009/05/13/obamas-100-billion-imf-bailout-scheme/
in addition to the Supplemental.
And THIS is what Obama is doing to American taxpayers:
THE BIGGEST TAX HIKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY:
http://www.atr.org/days-thebr-largest-tax-hikes-history-a5370
PDF Version:
http://www.atr.org/files/files/090310pr-jan2011taxes.pdf
Obama gives your tax dollars to rebuild Muslim mosques around the world
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26990#
According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration will give away nearly $6 million of American tax dollars to restore 63 historic and cultural sites, including Islamic mosques and minarets, in 55 nations. See the State Department document here.
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-of-policy-and-evaluations/ambassadors-fund/afcp2010list.pdf
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From Dreams From My Father: “THE PERSON WHO MADE ME PROUDEST OF ALL, THOUGH, WAS MY [half brother], ROY..HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM”.
From ‘Dreams From my Father’, “IN INDONESIA, I SPEND TWO YEARS AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL” “..I STUDIED THE KORAN..”
‘Audacity of Hope: “LOLO (Obama’s step father) FOLLOWED ISLAM....”I LOOKED TO LOLO FOR GUIDANCE”.
From ‘The Audacity Of Hope, “I WILL STAND WITH THEM (MUSLIMS) SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION..”
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080101164820/http://www.examiner.co m/a-536474~_Trapped_between_two_worlds_.html?cid=dc-article-obama
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080101164820/http://www.examiner.com/a-536474~_Trapped_between_two_worlds_.html?cid=dc-article-obama
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OBAMA MOCKS THE BIBLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnmS_vULPxw
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0bamas’ hidden records:
Why are these off limits?
Why has he paid out millions to lawyers
to keep all this hidden???
1 Certified copy of original birth certificate
2 Columbia University transcripts
3 Columbia thesis paper
4 Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups
5 Harvard University transcripts
6 Illinois State Senate records
7 Illinois State Senate schedule
8 Law practice client list and billing records/summary
9 Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother
10 Medical records (only the one page summary released so far)
11 Occidental College Transcripts
12 Parent’s marriage Certificate
13 Record of baptism
14 Selective Service registration records
(Did Obama Actually Register for Selective Service?
This supposed revelation of 0’s SS records has been debunked here and here.)
15 Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007
16 Passport records for all passports
17 Scholarly articles
18 SAT and LSAT test scores
19 Access to his grandmother in Kenya
20 List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists
21 Punahou grade school records
22 Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the the State of Hawaii Department of Education.
23 Obama 1964 Divorce Papers - 13 Pages - Missing Pg 11
24 Why isn’t Barack Obama still a member of the Illinois bar and where are all of the relevant documents?
25 Why isn’t Michelle Obama still a member of the Illinois bar, after only about four years of practice, and where are all of the relevant documents?
Anyone who cares about their country would be very concerned that a POTUS had hidden every scrap of information of his life that he possibly could.
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Obama said the Muslim call to prayer
is “one of the prettiest sounds on earth,”
in an interview with Nicholas Kristof,
published
in The New York Times. Kristof described Obama’s recitation of the Muslim call to prayer,
the Adhan, “with a first-class [Arabic]
accent.”
The opening lines of the Adhan (Azaan) is the Shahada:
“Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet... “
According to Islamic scholars, reciting the Shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith, makes one a Muslim. This simple yet profound statement expresses a Muslim’s complete acceptance of, and total commitment to, the message of Islam.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3413/pub_detail.asp
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/11679
http://jewagainstobama.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/obama-muslim-call-to-prayer-one-of-the-prettiest-sounds-on-earth/
http://caosblog.com/archives/7373
Obama belonged to Rev. Wright’s (a former Muslim) church for twenty years. Many congregants are Muslims.
http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/04/07/jeremiah-wright-former-muslim/
http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/03/20/rev-wright-got-his-masters-degree-in-islam-in-west-africa/
http://endtimes.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/289
• Obama’s said that the U.S. is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/9959057/Barack_Hussein_Obama_US_one_of_the_largest_Muslim_countries_in_the_world/
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/06/obama_america_one_of_the_large_1.asp
• Obama holds Muslim celebrations in the WH but canceled the National Day of Prayer.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1724544/obama_cancels_national_day_of_prayer.html?cat=9
http://www.exposeobama.com/
• Obama holds Muslim celebrations in the WH but canceled the National Day of Prayer.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1724544/obama_cancels_national_day_of_prayer.html?cat=9
http://www.exposeobama.com/
• President Obama’s religious adviser, Eboo Patel, once deemed the United States “the ideal place for the renewal of Islam.”
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/06/-obama-tells-egyptian-foreign-minister-i-am-a-muslim-stealth-coup-on-the-white-house.html
• Obama falsely attributes Muslim participation in the founding of America.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.7041/pub_detail.asp
• Obama required that the cross be covered when he gave a speech at Notre Dame.
http://blog.acton.org/archives/9843-notre-dame-georgetown-and-president-obama.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/11/opinion/main5006203.shtml
http://dougpowers.com/2009/04/17/obamas-jesus-coverup/
• Christian symbol covered up during Obama’s Georgetown speech
http://myfaithspace.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obama-covers-christ-and-cross
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46667
• Obama’s first major speech in office was a “Muslim outreach” speech in Cairo Egypt.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8083171.stm
Obama gave strong support to the Cordoba House community center and mosque to be built at the Ground Zero site of Sep. 11, 2001 at a dinner celebrating the day’s end of the first day of Ramadan at the WH.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/president-obama-supports-ground-zero-mosque/19593492?ncid=webmail
• Obama tasked NASA with a mission of “Muslim outreach.”
http://technology.newsplurk.com/2010/07/nasa-and-islam.html
• Obama referred to his faith as “my Muslim faith” gaffe in an interview with George Stephanopolous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqIpdBOg6I
• Pushes Islamic freedom of religion but not Jewish or Christian freedoms. Several weeks ago he told Israel NOT to build settlements in East Jerusalem. But OK to build that Mosque at Ground Zero.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7514285/Israel-spits-in-Obamas-eye-by-announcing-new-settlements-in-east-Jerusalem.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/24/barack-obama-israel-settlement-plan
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More evidence that Obama is a Muslim from his own speeches (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAffMSWSzY
• The FIRST thing Obama did as a newly elected Illinois State Senator was to attempt to declare a Muslim holiday. Obama sponsored Bill SR0110 in the 90th General Assembly to declare November 1, 1997 to be Islamic Community Center Day. It did not pass.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/summary/900SR0110.html
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/srgroups/sr/900SR0110LV.html
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Obama appoints Muslims to key security
posts:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134466
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Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said
he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama,
where Obama told him that
He was still a Muslim,
and that he was sympathetic towards
the Muslim agenda.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/76/647/Egyptian_minister:_Obama_told_me_he_is_a_Muslim.html
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Little known facts about Obama:
In 2001, Obama sponsored Illinois Senate Bill 750 creating the “Halal Food Act,” providing for inspections by the Department of Agriculture to ensure that all food labeled Halal is prepared according to Islamic law. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/summary/920SB0750.html
This act plays into Islamization. Here’s how it works and how Halal food plays a role:
“From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.
They will push for the introduction of halaal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply
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Do we really know that he was “officially” sworn in using a Bible? There was a second swearing-in because the language in the first one was messed up. The Lincoln Bible was reportedly used in the first one, but the second one wasn’t done publicly.
True re: second ‘swearing in’ but Roberts did administer so I guess he would be the only one who would know.
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