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Obama May Reportedly Avoid Holy Site To Avoid Appearing Muslim

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama may be skipping a trip to a prominent Sikh holy site in India due to worries that wearing the appropriate headgear may reinforce incor...

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Is He a Christian, a Muslim, or a Cactus? Why Can't We Just Believe President Obama?

Eugene Cho | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eugene Cho

Obama's faith is a personal choice and a personal decision, and he has made it very clear what his choice and decision is. His view might not exactly mirror my view or your views, but he is a Christian.

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Barack Obama: Closeted Non-Believer?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali A. Rizvi

Obama may be a functional Christian, but as a man born into and raised by a family of non-religious rationalists with a healthy skepticism about religious faith, he is unlikely to govern as one.

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Obama A Muslim? What Our 2004 Interview Reveals About His, And Your, Beliefs

Religion News Service | Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Cathleen Falsani Religion News Service (RNS) Six years ago, I sat down with a young Illinois state senator for a lengthy interview about his faith...

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Pundits Blame the Victims on Obama Muslim Myth

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brendan Nyhan

Rather than faulting the public for the weaknesses of human psychology, we should identify the media elites who deceive citizens with false information and hold them accountable for their role in fostering absurd myths.

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Obama A Muslim! Lincoln A Catholic! FDR A Jew! Why Americans Don't Like Their President's God

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Feiler

Americans taking out their discrimination toward minority religions on the president of the United States is as American as apple pie; the custom has been going on as long as there has been a presidency.

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Obama Is Muslim, the Sun Orbits the Earth, and Other Things 1 in 5 Americans Believes

Nicole Neroulias | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicole Neroulias

To give this some much-needed context and a bit of levity, here are some more things that a quick Google search reveals about 1 in 5 Americans.

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Franklin Graham, Evangelical Minister: Obama's 'Problem Is That He Was Born A Muslim' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reverend Franklin Graham, son of renowned Christian evangelist Billy Graham, said Thursday that the reason a growing number of people believe Presiden...

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Growing Number Of Americans Say Barack Obama Is A Muslim

Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington, D.C. -- A new national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that...

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Now You Can Say It, President-Elect Obama: "So What If I Am a Muslim?"

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Muhammad Sahimi

As a follower of Christ, Obama should set the record straight about the injustice that has been done to true Islam in this country.

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My Parent's Obama Sign Was Vandalized In Omaha Today

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Filipowicz

My dad hates having political signs in his yard. But, this year he's so fed up with the way things have been going that he agreed put an Obama sign in his yard.

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Googling Joe the Plumber

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com Joe the Plumber came up in tonight's debate at least 23 times.   So naturally, reporters who haven't alre...

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John McCain's Big Problem

Brad Mirman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Mirman

The issue the McCain campaign feels is giving them the most traction is an ugly one, and not worthy of someone who wants to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

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"But He's a Muslim!"

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Kaplan

I'm not shocked by Americans' ability to think untrue things. But to enough voters that it matters for the outcome of this election, Muslims are as other, if not more so, as blacks.

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That "Barack HUSSEIN" Business -- Put a Sock In It

Patt Morrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patt Morrison

In an L.A. Times column today, one Coloradan told Ron Brownstein something we've been hearing across the country: "I can't vote for a guy whose middle name is Hussein.''

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Don't Blow it Barack

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lucy Carrigan

Up until now, the Obama campaign has been smarter in its dealings with controversy, but they feared what some right wing Republicans will do with a picture of Barack Obama and, god-forbid, a Muslim.

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Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror

Scott Atran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Atran

Fear may be the oldest and strongest emotion in our species. The politics of hope plays to a less primitive emotion.

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How Obama Can Reach Out To Muslims (Without Hurting His Campaign)

Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, two Muslim women in headscarves were moved from their seats behind Senator Barack Obama's stage where they would have been visible on video...

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Some Muslims Upset With Obama's Anti-Smear Site

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is inaccurate to call Barack Obama a Muslim. Is it a slur? The Obama campaign suggests it is. A new campaign Web site designed to air and rebut p...

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Muslim Lawmaker Confronted Obama On Head Scarf Snub

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Barack Obama apologized in person last week to two women at a rally in Detroit wearing head scarves, he did it only after Rep. Keith Ellison (D-M...

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Obama Camp Buys Google Ads To Debunk Email Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carrie and I wrote today about the technical aspects of fighting a viral e-mail smear, and Tim Tagaris writes approvingly of an Obama campaign move we...

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Is Hotmail Contributing To Obama-Muslim Smear Campaign?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is great concern -- both within and outside of Barack Obama's campaign -- that the smear attacks suggesting that the Senator is, in fact, a Musl...

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Hillary: Obama Not Muslim "As Far As I Know"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via Ben Smith, Hillary gives a less than adamant answer to a question about Obama's religion on 60 Minutes. Hillary claims, "I take him on the basis ...

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Karl Rove: Don't "Hussein" Obama

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

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No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama's middle name. At a closed door meeting of ...

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McCain Supporter Repeatedly Refers To Barack "Hussein" Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Bob Cunningham is now angry at McCain, and is questioning McCain's claim that he and Cunningham had never met: Mr. Cunningham later posted a ...

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