Posted on 08/19/2010 1:50:56 PM PDT by STARWISE
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Senator Obama is half African by birth and Africans can understandably identify with him. In Islam, however, there is no such thing as a half-Muslim. Like all monotheistic religions, Islam is an exclusive faith.
As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion.
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Could it be that Luttwak was wrong?
Yeah, according to Muslim law, the religion (if you can call it that) passes from father to son. So, by default, 0bama is a Muslim.
So what happens when a Muslim man marries a Jewish woman and they have a kid? HIS religion says HIS faith passes to the child; HER religion says HER faith passes to the child.
Is Solomon around anywhere ?????? Tho, I suspect in such a marriage, neither would be terribly strong in their religion.
As being of neither faith, I think the Jewish makes more sense in that you KNOW who the mother is (unless you’re talking Sarah/Bristol Palin in wacky lefty world).
It is pretty clear the Muslim dad would have to KEEL the baby.
ouch!
So very appropriate!
The hills are alive with the sound of muuuussssicccc!
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