I prefer to rely on what Barry said rather than speculating.
In an ABC interview during the 2008 election Barry was giving McCain some praise for not making his Muslim faith an issue.
Therefore, in the liar in chief’s own words, he is a Mud-Slime. Who are we to argue?
Barry’s propaganda machine immediately said Barry misspoke. When was the last time ANYONE on the FR misspoke and said they were a Muslim if they were not?
From the Christopher Andersen book, “Barack and Michelle”, page 37, re: Barry being accepted at Punahou school [caps mine, for emphasis]:
“...there were only four blacks at Punahou when Barry enrolled there. The school had essentially been all-white until the 1960s and had always had this elitist reputation’, said a former teacher at Punahou. ‘By the 1970s there was a lot of pressure to be more inclusive. Barry was biracial, but he was also someone who had spent years in Indonesia. Not that it mattered that much back then, but we were told HE WAS A MUSLIM. It was all very exotic and appealing to the powers-that-be at the school’.”
AND, page 46-47 [high school age]:
“Barry wondered if Islam did not provide an orderly framework for racial harmony - and a way for him to reconcile conflicts over his own biracial background. Barry RETURNED TO THE KORAN for answers and told friends at the time that he was seriously considering JOINING THE NATION OF ISLAM.”
Andersen’s book was the result of research, and of interviews of Barry and his wife. It was published in 2009. To my kmowledge, Obama has never disputed the contents.