Man, I was wondering when someone would point out that he was an apostate!
I don't think he is seen as an apostate - not in Indonesia, the country with the largest muslim population in the world:
Barack Obama and the Truth.Tracking Down Obama in Indonesia.link.
One thing for certain, you will NOT see Obama with his hand over his heart. All you will see is his CROTCH SALUTE!
One must ask, Is Obama simply following this advice from "Ask the Imam?"
Question: Could we sing national anthem and say the plegde of allegience to the secular state while the flag is being raised up?
Answer: As Muslims, our pledge of allegiance is only to Allah and His Rasul (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). However, as Muslims in a non-Muslim state, we are obliged to follow the laws of the country which are not contrary to Shariah.
The allegiance of pledge by singing the national anthem of a secular state which has many un-Islamic laws, for example, legalising homosexuality, lesbianism, pornography, etc. is not permissible.
And Allah Taãla Knows Best. Was salaam Mufti Ebrahim Desai
And part of my point is that even if he never really embraced Islam, he will still be viewed as an Apostate to the 1.4 Billion muslims in the world. So the argument of rather he really was/is a muslim or not is not as critical as the fact that electing him would put the US president square in the sights of 1.4 Billion people obligated to kill him as an offense to Islam. So much for the supposed care dems have for uniting not dividing the world.