Obama is a Christian, its your machine who keeps attaking his former Pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright in Chicago...you can't have it both ways.
Technically speaking, according to Muslim Shari'a (muslim law), Obama was born a Muslim based upon his Paternal Father's religion. Therefore, from the point of view of Muslims, he is also Muslim.
This is the primary reason that Saudi Arabia, the self-proclaimed "Guardians" of the Islamic faith, refuse to repatriate children of custody battles who are kidnapped and taken to SA. They hold that the father has automatic legal custody of children irregardless if the mother is Muslim.
The Muslim father is the ultimate decision maker regarding how the children are raised, as well as where they may travel.
travel.state.gov
unhcr.org
THEREFORE, whether Obama is a Muslim really depends upon one's perspective. From the American, or even more progressive Non-Saudi (Wahhabist/Salafist) perspective, he's whatever faith HE CHOOSES to be.
But from the Fundamentalist Muslim's perspective, he's was born a Muslim and must remain a Muslim, or be considered an Apostate. And the punishment for Apostasy obviously varies from nothing, up to execution by beheading, depending upon how fundamentalist the interpretation of Shari'a law.
Since any Muslim that leaves the faith if considered an apostate by these fundamentalists, and
en.wikipedia.org
As an American, the only thing that matters to me is how Obama perceives himself, and the people with whom he derives inspiration and mentorship. Therefore, it's entirely justifiable to hold Obama accountable for his relationships with Rev. Wright, and Bill Ayers.. etc.. These were decisions he made of his own volition. And he chose to align himself with the extremist (militant?) views of Rev. Wright:
brainyquote.com
And I'm sure that Obama is no longer the man he was when he came into office. Being President, by it's very nature, reshapes a person's thinking since, as Truman put it, "the buck stops here". But that said, I'm not sure that his advisors have changed their mindsets. And he depends heavily upon their advice.
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