Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is muslim

[lakota]

The only thing this survey proves is that 80% of those polled are dumb.


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Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is Muslim
By QMI Agency

Last Updated: August 19, 2010 10:15am
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FacebookDiggDel.icio.usGoogleStumble UponNewsvineRedditTechnoratiFeed MeYahooSimpySquidooSpurlBlogmarksNetvouzScuttleSitejot+ What are these? .Nearly one in five Americans believe their president is a practising Muslim.

U.S. President Barack Obama, a professed Christian, has had a hard time convincing his countrymen of his religion, a new survey from Pew Research shows.

About 18% of Americans, when asked what religion Obama practises, said Islam. That's up from 11% in March 2009.

Only 34% correctly identified Obama as a Christian, which is down from 48% in 2009.

Fully 43% of respondents admitted they just don't know what religion he practises.

But the ignorance about his religion could be fuelled by politics, the study suggests.

When divided along political lines, Republicans are far more likely to think Obama is Muslim (31%) than Democrats (10%).

When asked how they came to learn of Obama's religion in an open-ended question, 60% cited media reports and 11% said they learned it through "Obama's own words and behaviour.”

According to the study, opinions about Obama's religion are also closely linked to opinions about his job performance.

"Those who say he is Muslim overwhelmingly disapprove of his job performance," the study says. "While a majority of those who think he is a Christian approve of the job he is doing."

The study is part of a larger project to examine the role religion plays in U.S. politics. The study concludes that, overall, religion is losing influence in politics, but voters remain divided on whether that's a good thing.

People of different religions are also divided on which parties they are more likely to vote for. While evangelicals and Protestants are more likely to vote Republican, Catholics, atheists and Jews are more likely to vote Democrat.

The study surveyed 3,003 adults living in the continental U.S., 18 years of age or older, from July 21-Aug. 5. The results are considered accurate within 2.5 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

[Swampman]

We take him at his word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAffMSWSzY

[wreckhog]

I think that a far higher number believed that Saddam was responsible for 9/11.

[Sourdough]

1.  He was born of a Muslim father.

2.  In his book he says "If the political winds blow favoriably I will embrace the religion of my father".

3.  While living in Indonesia the was registered as a Muslim.

4.  He displayed subservence (bowed) to a Muslim King.

5.  Just because someone goes to a specific church with their spouse does not mean they are of that religion.   

My brother-in-law is Catholic and attends six O-clock mass every Sunday morning.  Then he attends a Baptist Church with his wife.  Because they see him in church every Sunday morning every one there thinks he is Baptist.  No he is a Catholic, always has been, and always will be.  Creates a problem when we are back there visiting and Michelle wants him to attend 10 AM Mass with her.

[yellowtail3]

Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is muslim

There's a sucker born every minute, or so I've been told.

[lakota]

Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is muslim

There's a sucker born every minute, or so I've been told.

Yep thats for sure and 80% of them were on the other side of this poll.

[Pat/Rick]

Only 20%. Sad.

[yellowtail3]

Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is muslim

There's a sucker born every minute, or so I've been told.

Yep thats for sure and 80% of them were on the other side of this poll.

...and the other 20% of suckers were on the Birthers/Obama Haters side, meaning... what?

[DDZ]

Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Named after his Kenyan father. Under Islamic law if your father is a Muslim, so are you. Is not Hussein a Muslim name? Its a wonder the other 80% didn't have it figured out the first time they heard his name spoken. Of coarse some only see what they want to see, and only hear what they want to hear.

[lakota]

Nearly 20% of Americans believe Obama is muslim

There's a sucker born every minute, or so I've been told.

Yep thats for sure and 80% of them were on the other side of this poll.

...and the other 20% of suckers were on the Birthers/Obama Haters side, meaning... what?

And 80% are either too dumb or too stubborn to see whats right in front of their face.
You know all Obama really has to do to put an end to the birther movement is release his birth certificate and his college records...Whats in those records he doesnt want us to see? Or is it not the right of US citizens to know?

[wreckhog]

Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Named after his Kenyan father. Under Islamic law if your father is a Muslim, so are you. Is not Hussein a Muslim name? Its a wonder the other 80% didn't have it figured out the first time they heard his name spoken. Of coarse some only see what they want to see, and only hear what they want to hear.

Good thing we are not under Islamic law in the US.

[Pat/Rick]

Good thing we are not under Islamic law in the US.
[/quote]

Its not over yet. be patient. islam will make the world theirs. didn't think a kenyan born muzzie would be president either right.

[lakota]

Lets assume for a minute he is not a muslim(even though it is painfully obvious that he is)

For a non muslim he sure kisses a lot of muslim a$$. Why is that?

[magooch]

I'm less concerned about Obama being a muslim than I am about him being an America hater.  Oh wait; I forgot they go hand in hand.

[Sourdough]

What I have a hard time with is the fact he was quoting directly form the Communist Manifesto during the campaigning, and the  majority of the American people were eating it up.  When I pointed this out to people, most did not understand what I was talking about.  Many had never heard of the Communist Manifesto.  The rest was only thinking about what they would get from the government.