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Although both his first and his middle name ( which has seemingly been banned from public usage) are of Arabic/Muslim derivation, there is not one ounce of true religious conviction in this chameleon like political opportunist. I know that aside from not being able to utter his middle name we are supposed to also avoid the topic of religion, but the glaring and unappetizing indication is that Barry used the expedient "Black Christian" church affiliation as a way of gaining broad acceptance and therefore political gravitas in the African American community that up until that point, rightfully viewed him as a bi-racial interloper with no genuine connection to their concerns and life experience. No, being raised in those all important "formative years" by an agnostic (if not atheist) mother and grandmother did not prepare Barry for either the life Muslim, or, for any other theistic association. It was POLITICS that forced his hand and like a true Machiavellian, he plotted his religious course in a very careful, albeit transparant6 ,way. MUSLIM? NOT BY A LONG SHOT!
