[a fool in paradise]

If you can trust Newsweak...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/143763

Obama: Christian, Not Muslim
By Richard Wolffe | NEWSWEEK
July 7-14, 2008 issue

“Barack Obama has never been Muslim and never practiced Islam.” (note their first sentence is an outright lie, he practiced Islam when he attended Koranic studies class, something he wrote about in his own book)

“But rumors about his religion intended to frighten some voters persist, and they mostly return to one point of fact: his name. “Barack” is the candidate’s Kenyan father’s name; Obama’s middle name, “Hussein,” is his grandfather’s name. Hussein embraced Islam—after first converting to Christianity under the name “Johnson.” According to Obama’s memoir, Hussein valued discipline and strength and found Christian forgiveness to be sentimental. Obama has described his father as atheist or agnostic...”

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[Beckwith]

Thanks. I knew he was a Christian and I new his name was Johnson at one time. I've had that on my website for over two years.

I was inquiring about the "Catholic" reference.

Barack Obama's grandfather was Hussein Onyango Obama. He was born about 1895 and died in 1979. He worked for the British colonial government and was a prominent and wealthy farmer.

Grandfather lived for a time in Zanzibar, where he converted from Christianity to Islam. He was one of the first Muslim converts in his village.

"For a brief time, he converted, and even changed his name to Johnson. But he could not understand such ideas as mercy towards your enemies, or that this man Jesus could wash away a man's sins."

Obama's Family