Obama is a Muslim to "some extent." Obviously he's a thinker and has explored his spiritual roots to some degree, and that means that some morals were first "driven home to him" -- willy nilly -- by Muslim dogma. To me it doesn't make any difference if he learned "thou shalt not kill" from a particular dogma -- truth is truth.
I would guess that most of the Muslim world expects things to get better if Obama is elected. That makes him a "sorta Muslim" in many eyes, so the label does stick to Obama depending on whose POV one looks at him through. I want Obama to hail his roots and assure us all that this is a great start for a dialog between the cultures in that he, as President, could be expected to at least hear them out without prejudice. It will take the wind out of the sails of many terrorists at least. Edg --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 1/4/08 9:10:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, > > boo_lives@ writes: > > > > Wouldn't it be interesting if Americans chose between a black > > Muslim and a white Baptist minister for president? > > > > Obama isn't a muslim and never was, you idiot!!! dixon doesn't even > > have a basic knowledge of the facts in geopolitics. > > > > oooooooooh, this is so interesting. Some seem very defensive > > of the assertion that Obama is (correct or not) a Muslim. Would > > that be an embarrassment if he were? A political liability? Now, > > who's the xenophobe? > > The Muslim label is worse than xenophobic if the > labeler is aware (as you are) that Obama isn't a > Muslim, because then it's a purely cynical ploy > to appeal to xenophobes who are too ignorant to > realize it's a lie (in whose eyes being a Muslim > *would* be a political liability). > > The "embarrassment," though, belongs solely to the > unscrupulous cynics like yourself. And *especially* > to you, since you obviously set this up so you could > suggest that those who found the labeling (as opposed > to the label itself) offensive were xenophobic. >
