Abraham Lincoln was Born a Muslim, Says Film Maker

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Abraham Lincoln was Born a Muslim, Says Film Maker Apr 20 12:26 PM US/Eastern

ATLANTA, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Barack Hussein Obama is not alone. The 16th President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln, was born a Muslim, says Faruq Masudi, producer and director of the new Islamic movie, Quran Contemporary Connections.

In a casting coup, Abraham Lincoln shares equal footage with luminaries of Islamic history like Saladin, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and the former President of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed. What do they have in common?

Faruq Masudi said, "According to the Quran, everybody is born a Muslim. It is only by his own free will that a man chooses a different course for himself. In that Abraham Lincoln was not only a born Muslim but he chose to live by Islamic edicts like abolishing organized slavery; establishing equality of all human beings, democracy and accountability to God and Man; core Islamic concepts as propounded in the Holy Quran."

According to the filmmaker, Quran is compatible with American values and is not alien to them. Americans don't have to be afraid of the Quran as it is already playing out daily in their lives. And Muslims don't have to eye Americans with suspicion. According to Masudi, "there is quite a bit of Islam in the West without the Quran and there is little Islam in the East, despite the Quran."

Quran Contemporary Connections places the Quranic themes in modern setting and context. In a deliberate departure from the extremist interpretations, the narrative in the film runs "Allah is not a Muslim specific God; Muslim do not have a monopoly on Him. He is not a Christian God. Christians do not have a monopoly on Him.

[sheik yerbouty]

The Quran is a tome of lies..

[inpajamas]

ridiculous — it is well know he was a Harri Krishna

[Wallace T.]

Does this story intend to convey the thought that Lincoln, like Obama, was born to a Muslim man? Even if the 16th President were illegitimate, all that would mean is that his father was Abraham Enloe rather than Thomas Lincoln. Neither man was a Muslim, nor could either of them trace their ancestry to a historically Muslim nation. Two hundred years ago, there were no Muslims in the United States, save for perhaps a few Africans who may have held onto elements of their religion privately or maybe a passing sailor or merchant in one of the seaport cities.

[Bigh4u2]

The more lies he tells, the taller his hat gets.

[Verginius Rufus]

Actually, that should be al-Qintuqi. We’re going to have to call him Ibrahim Lincoln from now on.

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LOL!