Why do people think Obama is Arab or Islamic?

Question

I don't know where this is coming from. It sounds like some people are exploiting his name and drumming up artificial fear.

Answer 1

the republicans just want to scare people.

and his father was atheist.

Answer 2

i think it's because

Obama has a similar sound to it when you say Osama (bin Laden).

Osama and Obama are two different people and so i think people just associate Arab with Obama's name.

Answer 3

His father and grandfather were Muslims. His father eventually became an Atheist. So they may not know that he switched belief systems to Christianity.

Edit: About the Indonesian Enrollment thing, here's a credible site. Snopes is one of the most credible sites in the world, in my opinion: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/mus... - He was enrolled in a Wahabist. radical Islamic school.

Answer 4

Mostly it's racism...

Answer 5

That's the information listed on his Indonesian school enrollment form.

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Update -  Here's a link (below) to the photo of his Catholic school registration in Indonesia as filed by Obama's step-father.  It states that "Barry Soetoro" (name Obama went by when his mother was married to Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian oil trader) is a member of Islam and a citizen of Indonesia.  Although the source of the picture was the Associated Press (AP), the photo and story have been scrubbed from their website.

Even if he is/was a Muslim and/or an Indonesian citizen doesn't prevent him from being president. There are so many other reasons to not vote for him...

Answer 6

Republicans tried scaring people because Obama was black, when that didn't work out, they tried muslim, christian, and g*y (all of which contradict each other.)

One of the most amusing things I see on the internet is when people post their own links to contradict what they themselves say.

AM (with the gibberish around his name) posted this link:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/mus...

"SDN Menteng 1 is a western style, public primary school that is open to people of all faiths"

"Moreover, he studied earlier at Fansiskus Assisi, which is clearly a Catholic school."

SDN Menteng 1 is later described as an "elite, secular, western, early preparatory school"

You see, AM's brain is tiny and unable to comprehend the simplest of concepts.

Answer 7

Because Republicans are spreading these rumors. That he's not even black, but arab.

Lying is the only way they can win. They sure as h**l can't run on their record.