Is CNN Perpetuating the 'Obama is Muslim' Meme? Chyron: 'W.H.: Pres. Obama Isn’t Muslim'

Newsbusters ^ | August 19, 2010 | Jeff Poor

[william clark]

The newspaper announcements don’t have to be fake for them to be worthless as proof. If my mom had gone into labor and given birth to me while vacationing in Europe, the announcement would still have been placed in my home town paper.

[Ronin]

Maybe, but the thing is, the more they try to claim he isn't a Muslim, the more people will be convinced he secretly is.

Thirty years ago, most Americans knew very little about Islam, even if they happened to have Muslim friends.

Even during and after the hostage crisis, most Americans directed their anger at Iran and Iranians -- not at Islam. Other Muslims sort of helped with that by pointing out that Iranians were oddball "Shiite" types and not the mainstream pleasant Sunni types.

9/11 changed that. It forced Americans to actually LOOK at Islam, study Islamic doctrine and realize what it meant. That meant and means that Americans now have a basic understanding of Islam and most especially "Taqiyya".

The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding.” It is employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.

Falsehoods told to prevent the denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to promote the cause of Islam are sanctioned in the Qur'an and Sunna, including lying under oath in testimony before a court, deceiving by making distorted statements to the media such as the claim that Islam is a “religion of peace”. A Muslim is even permitted to deny or denounce his faith if, in so doing, he protects or furthers the interests of Islam, so long as he remains faithful to Islam in his heart.

http://www.islam-watch.org/Warner/Taqiyya-Islamic-Principle-Lying-for-Allah.htm

Because of this, Americans are looking for other clues as to where Obama's actual religious loyalties lie and we see very little to indicate a belief in Christianity and a number of things that indicate belief in or, at the very least, a strong affection for, Islam.

This is why any attempt to convince the 20% and raising numbers of Americans that Obama is Christian is doomed to fail.

[butterdezillion]

Very true.

The fact that they went to the trouble of forging these (badly, I might add) and so many people in government and media covered for them speaks volumes regarding the fact that they have NO - zero, zilch, nada - legally-sufficient evidence that they can offer to support the story of a Hawaii birth. They offered a forged COLB and forged birth announcements.

America is figuring it out. I wonder if the leftist media (and some “conservatives” as well) will ever figure it out.

[j.argese]

Something about walking like a duck?

[Boogieman]

Well, maybe if we start asking if Obama ever slapped Michelle, CNN will have to put up a headline “WH: Obama is NOT a wifebeater”!

[longfellow]

He is not a muslim. He’s gay. Can’t be both.

[tflabo]

Remember when Stephenopolous interviewed Obama and he himself said “my muslim faith”. How does one get their faith confused?

[TigersEye]

0bama is a Muslim

• His biological father was a Muslim.
• His stepfather was a Muslim.
• As a child Barry was enrolled in school as a Muslim in Jakarta Indonesia.
• Barack Hussein 0bama's first and middle names are Arabic Muslim names.
• 0bama recited the opening lines of the Muslim call to prayer, which includes a vow of fidelity to Islam, in flawless Arabic on a radio program. - Nikolos Kristoff, NYTs, 3-06-07
• On that same program he said he thinks the call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on earth."
• 0bama belonged to Rev. Wright's (a former Muslim) church for twenty years. Many congregants are Muslims.
• 0bama said that the U.S. is "the largest Muslim country in the world."
• 0bama holds Muslim celebrations in the WH but canceled the National Day of Prayer.
• 0bama does not give gifts on Christmas.
• 0bama doesn't celebrate his birthday.
• 0bama falsely attributes Muslim participation in the founding of America.
• 0bama required that the cross be covered when he gave a speech at Notre Dame.
• Christian symbol covered up during Obama’s Georgetown speech
• 0bama's first major speech in office was a "Muslim outreach" speech in Cairo Egypt.
• 0bama 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.
• 0bama tasked NASA with a mission of "Muslim outreach."
• 0bama referred to his faith as "my Muslim faith" in an interview with George Stephanopolous. (video 0:12)
• Barack Obama Mocks And Makes Fun Of The Bible (video 2:09)
• Obama: " We are no longer a Christian nation . . . " (video 1:27)

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[Bigg Red]

A distraction to get the focus off the economy...

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And amnesty.

[hinckley buzzard]

the newspaper announcements are also forged. We’ve got multiple forms of proof for that

Talk is cheap. Come back with the evidence.

[tickmeister]

If you have to say you are a lady, you aren’t.
If you have to say you aren’t a Muslim, you are.

[Onelifetogive]

The leftie media will:

1) Claim as long as possible that he is not a Muzzie,
2) When that is no longer possible, they will say that it is old news, and that we have always know he was a Muzzie, and that his being a Muzzie is no big deal,
3) When the smoke clears, they will claim that his being a Muzzie IS a big deal and it shows how wonderful he (and they) are.

[gitmo]

Matthew 7:20 “So then, you will know them by their fruits.

[rintense]

I’m not sure where the local radio station gets its news bites from, but man were they trying to spin this like crazy today.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I actually JUST had a (brief) discussion about this (not an hour ago). The young lady (college aged) heard ‘this’ on NPR (my bosses have it on at work always). “Why are they attacking President Obama’s faith?” She asked. I said, LI know, it is awful...what is wrong with him practicing his family’s Muslim faith and heritage!’ Incredulous to my statement, she all but stomped her foot and said ‘he is a Christian!’ And I respond, but can’t he ‘celebrate his Muslim heritage? Why are they denying his family diversity?’

She didn’t know what to say...I really wanted to bring up the NYC Hamasque...but I need the job. I figured I perplexed the child enough (and maybe she will have a revelation).

[Finny]

Remember in 2009 when Bam flew Air Force One way too close to the NYC skyline and freaked out many NYers? Muzzie prankster?

I think that one incident relayed a pair of symbolic messages from the U.S. military -- to America of the portent of Obama; and to Obama, that utimately, they have him by the balls.

I don't think the Obama administration had any idea that plane incident was going down until it was happening. Careful reading of the very few and thin published cover-our-ass official explanations specifically lacked believable evidence that it was an officially sanctioned thing from the Pres. I conclude that it was a blatant act of defiance against Obama by the miliary to prove a point.

That, and the handling of the Navy SEALS popping the Somali pirates holding the ship captain hostage, indicate to me that the military is has no intention of being in sync with the CINC.

[little jeremiah]

“Not that there’s anything wrong with that!”

They’re nervous because people are catching on.

[little jeremiah]

If you ever get a ping list together, add me!

[butterdezillion]

Let me check with my masters and see if that’s OK for me to do. lol.

Sorry. It’s been a rough day.

[little jeremiah]

Sorry you had a rough day. FR-wise, home-wise, or dealing with lawless beaurocrat wise!

Take a break maybe. Do fun things you like to do.