07-22-2008
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Vice President
Strict Constitutionalist and Radical Right-wing Extremist
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Member Since: Oct 2007
Location: Clarksville TN
Posts: 6,061
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Re: Thoughts on Obama
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Originally Posted by Steve
Obama's father split when Barack was two years old, so he was a non-factor. If you're going to insist that he's a Muslim, you're only going to be laughed at, and rightfully so.
Then again, if he is a Muslim, as you suggest, I have a hard time understanding why you then get so twisted over Rev. Wright. Wright's not a Muslim, so nothing he would've said would've had much of an impact on Obama.
You don't let that stop the hissy-fits, though, do ya'?
And I know plenty of people who are Christianfor no other reason than their parents were Christian, so your "birthright" argument falls flat on its' face...
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My nephew was born a Muslim because his father was Muslim. He was from Somalia. My nephew has never practiced his religion. He is a converted Christian.
Obama even attended Islamic classes in Indonesia. According to Muslims your faith is a birthright.
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The "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" blog reports that Obama's Indonesian schooling began when he was entered into the Roman Catholic, Franciscus Assisi Primary School, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 1, 1968 and sat in class 1B.
He was registered under the name of Barry Soetoro, serial number 203. School documents list Barry Soetoro as an Indonesian citizen and his religion was listed as Islam.
Born on August 4, 1961, Obama would have been 7 years and 5 months old. That's late to start school.
Obama may have started Kindergarten in Hawaii but was whisked off to Indonesia as a result of his mother's second marriage. There are 5 missing years in Anna's CV between Obama Sr. abandoning the family and her emigration to Indonesia with Lolo.
Obama will complete the first 3 grades at Assisi.
Besuki
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Obama entered the Besuki Primary School, a state school, in 1971. He was enrolled as Barry Soetoro, Muslim. He would attend Besuki for two years.
All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school and a young Barry Soetoro, being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school.
He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam.
In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama mentions studying the Quran and describes the public school as "a Muslim school."
"In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies."
According to Tine Hahiyary, one of Obama's teachers and the principal from 1971 through 1989, Barry actively took part in the Islamic religious lessons during his time at the school. His teacher was named Maimunah and she lived in the Puncak area, the Cianjur Regency.
"I remembered that he had studied "mengaji" (recitation of the Quran)" Tine said.
Barack Obama's Education
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