Is Obama A Muslim?

Senator Obama whose complete name is Barack Hussein Obama claims to be a non believer or agnostic. He generally claims to be a non religious person. His Kenyan father Barack Obama Sr. was born into a Muslim family and may be become a non religious person after his entry into America. Senator Barack Obama's father had 4 wives namely Kezia Obama, Ann Dunham (mother of senator Obama), Ruth Nidesand and Jael. While as per Islam men are allowed to have 4 wives it is not clear whether religion was the reason behind Barack Obama Sr. having 4 wives.

The middle name of name of Senator Barack Obama is "Hussein". Hussein is an Arab name meaning "good" or "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims.

Obama's American mother, Ann Dunham, separated from her first husband, Barack Obama Sr., in 1963 when senator Barack Obama was two years old. Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian Muslim and moved to Indonesia sometime between 1966 and 1967. It was not clear whether Soetoro adopted Obama, either in Hawaii or in Indonesia, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that he did as far as Indonesian law was concerned.

A 2007 Associated Press photograph taken by an Indonesian AP reporter and photographer, surfaced last week on the Daylife.com photographic website showing an image of Obama's registration card at Indonesia's Fransiskus Assisi school. In the picture, Obama is registered under the name Barry Soetoro by his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. The school card lists Barry Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Senator Barack Obama's religion is listed as Muslim..

It is very much likely that Barack Obama may have been an Indonesian citizen at some point of time during his 4 years stay in Indonesia. Obama's registration in Indonesia was under the name "Barry Soetoro". It is not clear whether he adopted that name in the U.S. at any time. According to Illinois state filings, when Obama registered as an attorney in 1991, under the name Barack Obama, he stated he did not have any former names.

During his stay in Indonesia there are allegations that Sen. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" . Obama did live in Indonesia as a child, from 1967 to 1971, with his mother and stepfather and has acknowledged attending a Muslim school.

In the year 1981 when Senator Barack Obama was around 20 years of age he traveled to Pakistan and stayed there for 3 weeks. Pakistan in 1980's was under military rule of General Zia Ul Haque and was rapidly being Islamicized. and American citizens' were discouraged from traveling to Pakistan. It was difficult for U.S. citizens to travel to the country without assistance Permission was not granted to American citizens to travel to Pakistan unless the purpose of visit was of any importance. It would have been easier for someone to enter Pakistan on an Indonesian passport.

Well whether Senator Barack Obama is a Muslim or if he attended any Islamic school in Indonesia or he visited Pakistan are purely his personnel matters. It should no way be of any relevance when it comes to his public life.

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