” The prayer incorporates the Shahada, the expression ofIslamic faith, with each line repeated twice:
Allah is supreme! Allah is supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet
Kristof noted Obama recited the prayer in Arabic “with a first-rate accent.”
He was raised in a Muslim country in a Muslim school. Why wouldn’t he say that stuff perfectly—it was drilled into his head.
I hate the guy, and I think he has deep ties to Islam. But this is just silly.