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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: SARMAN who wrote (271748)12/3/2009 8:52:39 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You tried to dehumanize President Obama

I did? By asserting that, by Islamic law, being born of an Muslim father makes him Muslim (patrilineal descent)?

Am I incorrect in this?

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I think it's a fact, from a Muslim perspective. I personally believe he can proclaim whatever faith he desires, but I actually think that his Arabic middle name, Husayn, gives him a bit of "street cred" in the Muslim world.

I've read that Jews take Matriarchal Descent for determining their ethnicity/religion.

What would you do if your children decided to leave Islam?

Hawk
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