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Short Description: Campaign downplays his connection during boyhood in Indonesia. By Paul Watson. March 16, 2007. JAKARTA, Indonesia. As a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama ...
Content Inside: Barack Obama's muslim past Barack Obama's muslim past Source: http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics.bush/2008−01/msg02144.html From • : yhvoma@xxxxxxxxx Date • : Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:11 −0800 (PST) www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal−te.obama16mar16,0,5594729.story baltimoresun.com Islam an unknown factor in Obama bid Campaign downplays his connection during boyhood in Indonesia By Paul Watson March 16, 2007 JAKARTA, Indonesia As a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama crisscrossed the religious divide. At the local primary school, he prayed in thanks to a Catholic saint. In the neighborhood mosque, he bowed to Allah. Having a personal background in Christianity and Islam might seem useful for an aspiring U.S. president in an age when Islamic nations and radical groups are key national security and foreign policy issues. But a connection with Islam is untrod territory for presidential politics. Obama's four years as a child in Indonesia underscore how dramatically his background differs from that of past presidential hopefuls, most of whom spent little, if any, time in other countries. No one knows how voters will react to a candidate with an early exposure to Islam, a religion that remains foreign to many Americans. Obama's campaign aides have emphasized his strong Christian beliefs and downplayed any Islamic connection. The Illinois senator was raised "in a secular household in Indonesia by his stepfather and mother," his chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said in a statement in January after false reports began circulating that Obama had attended a radical madrasa, or Koranic school, as a child. "To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago," Gibbs' Jan. 24 statement said. In a statement to The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, the campaign offered slightly different wording, saying: "Obama has never been a practicing Muslim." Barack Obama's muslim past 1
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