Posted on 01/19/2009 6:14:44 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Washington - Muslim Americans view Barack Obama's intention to use his middle name - Hussein - during the reciting of the oath of office as a sign that he's heeded their call for greater inclusion.
Promptly at noon (1700 GMT) on Tuesday, Obama will lay one hand on the Bible used by president Abraham Lincoln in 1861 and swear to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States' as the country's 44th president and first African American in the job.
In November, Obama, the son of a Keynan Muslim with the same name and an American mother, declared he would use his middle name during the oath in an interview with the Chicago Tribune.
'I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other,' Obama said.
To Imam Yusuf Salim of Masjid Muhammad, a mosque in Washington, it will be a statement of intent.
'Obama may be Christian, but he cannot deny his roots, his heritage. Hussein is a beautiful name, meaning 'good' or 'handsome.' It was in honour of his grandfather. Why would anyone hesitate to proudly state it?'
At the mosque Monday, several Muslim American groups gathered to release 44 'doves of peace' - one for each US president - to symbolize the community's desire for peace and a larger political role. The birds were set free to cries of 'Allah O Akbar,' god is great.
'By reclaiming Hussein in his name, which he had to avoid during the campaign, disappointing and angering many Muslims, Obama will tell Americans and the world that he does really stand for change we can all believe in,' said student Rashid Rizvi Mohiuddin, 21.
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yet John McCain would not allow his campaign to use Barack Hussein Obama.
Yep, makes sense to me. /s
Hussein’s Obamanation.
Boy are the unwashed masses going to be shocked...
Greater inclusion? Where/how exactly are Muslims excluded from public life in America? Answer: they aren't. This "inclusion" stuff is completely meaningless, stated only for emotional effect.
i thought that we were “racist, and islamaphobes” for using his given middle name. now we celebrate it?
But these guys will be ecstatic....
Accepted mores and customs are adjusted according to the wishes and actions of the emperor. Get back in line.
Big deal. They guy is a big blank sheet. People are projecting all kinds of crazy thing onto him.
No problem Mr. President. We’ll all say your name that way too. Barack HUSSIEN Obama. Yeppers, it’s a keeper.
When minority groups say “inclusion” these days, it’s code for “superior influence”.
No matter what, he is so in over his head.
132 days does not make POTUS.
Will he say, “So help me God”, “So help me Allah”, “So help me Moloch” or “So help me, me”?
Lets send a message of our own!
Show the obamabots that we’re stayin’ and we’re fightin’ back!
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But the Emperor has no clothes, except an empty suit.
okay, lock-stepping.
“hussein” on the top-ten list of Rush’s guy names.
You bet. The only thing the masses wash are their brains...then they can’t do anything with them.
He’s going to use his Christian name, also: “Mohammad”
Yeah it does send a message come to America lie cheat do whatever you have to do to destroy your political rivals and you too can be president for life....
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