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... Be that as it may, I'll counter some of Donah's bullshit:
Donah603: "Obama is a non-US born Muslim !!"
Nope - that's a lie twice over. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is a Christian.
http://www.obamafactcheck.com/myths/10/obama_at_church_326504.shtml
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
Donah603: "Obama is Muslim according to the MUSLIM WORLD"
Still more bullshit.
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Sherman A. Jackson, a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Michigan, cited an ancient Islamic jurist, Ibn al-Qasim, who said, "If you divorce a Christian woman and ignore your child from her to the point that the child grows up to be a Christian, the child is to be left," meaning left to make his own choice. Jackson said that there was not total agreement among Islamic jurists on the point, but Luttwak’s assertion to the contrary was wrong.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01pubed.html?pagewanted=2&_r=5
Donah603: "His dad and grandfather were Arab Muslims. Both Obama and his father are "African born" Arabs..."
Bullshit higher and deeper.
Per an extensive genealogical history going back several generations, there is no indication that Obama is of Arab descent:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/barack_obama.htm
Even if there was, however, to assert that being of Arab descent is "troubling" is nothing short of naked racism. Do you also think that it's "troubling" that, for example, the former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) John Abizaid, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and rock star Sammy Hagar, amongst many others, are racially Arab, Donah603?
[ Considerably more bullshit snipped. ]
Donah603: "P/S:- this is no joke."
No, but you are. Or you would be, if racist liars like you didn't vote.
Crawl back under your rock, Donah603.
