[Paradox]

his father was something like half Arab, I think.

I see this bandied about here on FR as if it were the truth, but I have yet to find a source. BO's dad sure looks pure African to me, so I dont know.....

[jjotto]

A lot of Muslims claim Arab descent when they are not.

Rush Limbaugh has even claimed that BO Sr. was Arab. But BO Sr.’s Kenyan Luo tribe is in an area where there are/were almost no Arabs.

You’re right. It’s a myth with no reliable source. BO Sr.’s father was black African, a Christian who converted to Islam, not born Muslim.