| Seems like a person would have to know whether BHO’s first marriage was recognized by Kenya. If it was a tribal marriage it may not have been legally recognized in Kenya, in which case HRS 572(1)(3)’s meaning of “lawful wife living” would come into play. I would imagine it would depend on whether the marriage was recognized as a legal marriage by the Kenyan government. Original records of BHO SR’s first marriage would likely be found in the Kadhi’s Courts, which preserved Sharia Law for Muslims in the Mombasa area, as discussed here on FR a few months back. Myth exposed: Mombasa was NOT part of Zanzibar in 1961 In a third world country like Kenya that is riddled with corruption, a bribe to a public official can help shake loose documentation believed to be "lost" or "did not exist" in the first place ... |
The hard part is trying to get a credible report from Kenya, when the corruption is so widely known.
For that matter, we have the same problem with the Hawaii DOH right now...
But Ketzia and the Obama tribal area was in the non-Muslim Lake Victoria western part of the country, not coastal more Muslim Mombasa. I haven't seen any claim that Kezia was Muslim. None of her children's names sound Muslim and they don't appear to be living as Muslims, althoug "Roy" once studied at a "madrasah."
From Daily Mail:
"As well as Auma, Kezia has three sons by Barack Snr. Her two youngest, Bernard and Abo, live in Nairobi.
"Bernard sells mechanical parts while Abo runs an international telephone shop.
"Their eldest son Roy studied at a madrasah in Nairobi before moving to the States where he is an accountant.
"Until now, Barack Snr has been portrayed as a bigamist and a drunk."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506338/Barack-Obamas-stepmother-living-Bracknell-reveals-close-bond---mother.html#ixzz0eowsRlC7
Obama Sr's father reportedl only became Muslim as part of an anti-colonial, anti-white political statement by all accounts, not unlike the Nation of Islam concept.
Obama Sr was a raging Marxist, alcohol consumer and reported atheist who seemed more intent on hiding bigamy from his successive wives than public Muslim polygamy, from what I read.