Obama's Grandmother Changes Islam Story

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[stickman20089]

Yesterday’s edition of USA Today had a story about Barack Obama’s grandmother in Kenya, in which she slams the Clinton campaign for circulating photos of Obama in Muslim garb—and then states that she is a Christian: Obama’s grandma slams ‘untruths’.

Obama’s grandfather had converted to Islam from Roman Catholicism and taken the name Hussein, Sarah Obama said, but his children had inherited only the name, not the religion. Each person should be able to choose how they worshipped, she said.

“In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents,” she said. She, too, is a Christian.

Just one little problem with this statement.

In April of last year, Sarah Hussein Obama told the New York Times she is a devout Muslim.

Sarah Hussein Obama, who is his stepgrandmother but whom Mr. Obama calls his grandmother, still rises at 5 a.m. to pray before tending to her crops and the three orphans she has taken in.

“I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith,” Ms. Obama, 85, said in a recent interview in Kenya.

[Bob]

Obama’s grandmother’s name is Sarah, so I doubt she is a muslim.

Even though she's been quoted as saying that she is?

“I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith,” Ms. Obama, 85, said in a recent interview in Kenya.

[Salamander]

....;*D

[Chief_Joe]

Measuring the new found fondness of Hillary and McClain.

Freq. Dist.

Questions for Hillary: x

Questions for Obama: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Questions for McClain: x

Looks like some are starting to slip by without anymore scrutiny doesn't it?

[353FMG]

“the Obamas need to try to keep their stories straight.”

But that would mean that they’d speak the truth and that would be asking too much. Besides, lying to infidels is allowed.

[processing please hold]

The way I see it is, destroy obamassiah now then work on that marxist b......

It'll be harder if he's their choice. Look at the dims eating their own when it comes to one of them saying something bad about him. Imagine if a republican wanted to put forth an issue. May as well just give him the presidency. Now, with the beast, she is going to be destroyed, most of the dems can't stand her.

[nuconvert]

Hi Euro - good to see you around

Hope you’re doing well too

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[muawiyah]

Kenya has been subject to considerable missionary effort by both Christians and Moslems over the last century. Could be the woman adheres to both faiths ~ it's not like it's an Islamic state where they chop your head off for it.

I wouldn't be surprised to find Grandma making sacrifices to natural spirits found in trees and rocks either.

[muawiyah]

Let's see, Sarah, that means "princess" in Hebrew. Betcha' there's an Arabic version, and probably a Persian version, and an English version, and maybe a Sarhilda here and there!

So, yes, Osama's Grandmother could very well be Czech ~ and they have their own version too.

Other popular girls names begin with an "R" as in Rupa and Rema ~ both meaning something like "gold money".

Chinese must have something like this too.

[eastforker]

Just got done watching “The Kingdom”. That movie tells me everything I want to know about Islam. Outstanding production IMO.

[The Mayor]

BTTT!

[KingJaja]

Christians and Muslim do live in the same family. It is VERY common in some parts of Africa. For example, amongst the Yoruba of Nigeria (Hakeem Olajuwon’s people). In Rwanda, you have Christians (Catholic) and muslims in the same family.

[KingJaja]

How many Muslim women do you know who go by the name Sarah? I have come in contact with several African Muslim women, they have names like Jummai, Amina, Azeezat, Hauwa (Eve), Binta and Yasmin.

[KingJaja]

It depends on how the question was intepreted. She could easily have thought she was asked whether her family had members who believed in the Islamic faith. Until we see the transcipt in Luo, and have an unbiased person intepreting it for us, we are merely speculating.

Why don’t we concentrate on Jeremiah Wright?

[alnick]

Do you think it’s at least a little absurd that people on this site are actually advocating for McClain and Hillary now?

No. I think it's absurd that hatred of McCain blinds people to the fact that as bad as McCain is, he's a far cry better than either Hillary or Obama.

As for Hillary, it's strategery. She'll be far easier to beat in the general than Obama.

[Fresh Wind]

Looks like Obama’s Chickens are coming home to roost

And Hillary is driving the delivery truck.

[Chief_Joe]

No. I think it's absurd that hatred of McCain blinds people to the fact that as bad as McCain is, he's a far cry better than either Hillary or Obama.

As for Hillary, it's strategery. She'll be far easier to beat in the general than Obama.

Wrong, Hillary will beat McClain -easily.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks.

It is easy with the talent of the Freepers and some other sites.

It is even easier when the target of the humor is a lying snake like Hussein ObamaSamma.

[muawiyah]

It's a pretty common Semitic name ~ you can find cognate words/names in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.

So, did I ever meet an Arab woman named Sarah ~ well, yes, several decades ago, and at least one right here in this neighborhood. We don't have many Arabs though; mostly Afghan people, and I can only think of a couple. Some of them also have names of Hindu demigods.

[agrace]

Actually, Sara comes up on Islamic baby name sites. And sub-Saharan Africa is not very Muslim at all when compared to the dominance of Islam in north Africa.

I've never been to sub-Saharan Africa (I'm assuming you have based on your anecdotal info), but it stands to reason that most Christians there haven't converted from Islam, but rather from tribal/animist beliefs, since most people there weren't Muslims to begin with.

But for those who might have been - usually in places where Islam isn't dominant, such as sub-Saharan Africa, it IS more acceptable (at least on the surface) for Muslims to convert to Christianity. It's when Islam threatens to control on a larger political scale that the oppression and persecution of Christians and other non-Muslims begins, as historically and contemporaneously indicated in many African countries that have either succumbed to Islam or are struggling currently.

Regardless, Islam continues to be the fastest growing religion in Africa.