The Great Obama Muslim controversy

In regards to the issue that is resonating again on the campaign trail after the Obama campaign reportedly banned two Muslim women in headscarves from sitting in camera view behind the candidate's podium at a rally in Detroit on Monday, I believe was a set up as it is all too easy to have handled the aforementioned situation in a more diplomatic way that would not have offended anyone while simultaneously supporting his very clear and concise message of total inclusion of all people. E-J

He did apologize to these women. He has never had an issue with the Muslim community. There are plenty of photos that show him with all types of people including Muslim women with headscarves. These were two overzealous volunteers who stepped over the bounds of their duties. BUT, he is damned if he and damned if he don't. He is being labeled a secret Muslim terrorist on one hand, but the minute his volunteers are "insensitive," he is now being labeled as having an issue with the Muslim community. Give me a break!!!

It's only a controversy when we make it one. These fools who are looking for problems are not going to disappoint themselves.

Now its a GREAT Muslim controversy because the "DAILEYVOICE ' says so...The ANTI Obama THEDAILEYVOICE wishes it had some news.

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i don't blame him one bit. in fact there should be a 100' barrier between Obama and a Dashiki, an Afro Pick, Grape Soda, Al Sharpton, Harlem, a Weave, Bad Credit, and anyone playing Spades.

I am a hardcore supporter of Obama, but when I heard this yesterday on CNN I was disappointed. This goes against the very principles Obama and his supporters stand on. What his advisors need to understand is that anyone who would not support him because they think he is a Muslim has already made that decision by now. The Obama camp is a new waive of democrats who are anti-bigotry and discrimination. Real democrats would not allow two women wearing the hijab distract us from the prize: CHANGE. I hope Obama severaly repremanded whoever made this decision.

Another non-issue being made into one by the media which is afraid to get into the real issues of this election. The 10% that think he is a Muslim, as if that is a crime, were never going to vote for him to begin with, like those angry white women and poor white, uneducated, bitter at their own lack of motivation and incentive to change their lives for the better. Especially when the system is set up for them more than anyone else.

The folks who moved those Muslim sisters out of the foreground were volunteers. This makes a huge difference. They are not trained,paid, campaign members. They did this on their own w/o prompting from the Obama Staff. That does not excuse their actions, but it does explain how it happened. When Obama was in Dallas there were tons of Muslims out in full force and on the floor of the arena up front and no one moved them anywhere( i whish they would have tried. being any kind of minority in texas prepares you on how to handle such things). It was a mistake he apologized. I hope those women realize that type of behavior is not typical of the Obama campaign.

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SO WHAT IF HE IS A MUSLIM. WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING A MUSLIM? EP=

Juana, Nothing is wrong with being a Muslim; it's just that Barack Obama is not one. He has simply stated that he is a Christian and not a Muslim as many others have implied. Perhaps a good analogy would be: Nothing is wrong with being a woman, but, I happen to be a man. This is a fact. Hope this helps. E-J

There is a part of me that really feels that Obama should quit this race. The saying that most nations deserve the leaders they get, would apply. I really dont think that America deserves Obama. It is basically a country full of s**t and it is compromising his core. One thing is for sure that many minority groups should compromise for him if they want him to win the big prize, otherwise he will not win it. And that is just the way things are messed up in "A-merry- CAN" politics (a phrase from the Field Negro).

Jeez, how many times does the man have to say, "I am not a muslim" for it to sink in. It sounds like this whole (overblown)fiasco is the result of some well intentioned, if poorly executed public relations on the part of a few volunteers.It seems like they were trying to avoid associating Obama to this very subject that we're discussing AGAIN. And I agree with JUANA- what oif he was a muslim? What's wrong with being a muslim? Personally, I'm casting a suspicious eye on anyone who in 2008 is still making generalizations about all Muslims.

While Obama claims he is not a practicing Muslim despite his childhood Muslim upbringing, this banishment of Muslim women from appearing in photographs with Obama is certainly "back of the bus" racism.

Those racists acts against Muslim women are not isolated incidents effected by specific volunteers rather are a campaign staff policy which comes down the chain of command from the top.

Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation

Kiralynne Schilitubi, aka pearl girl, you still have the gall to try and call someone a racist?? Child please, when you stop with your racist attacks and slurs against Obama and blacks, then you can try and ride in on your high white horse to save the world for the white folks you are up in here to defend. Until then, keep looking for the clue that is called civility. Just keeping it real.

"SO WHAT IF HE IS A MUSLIM. WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING A MUSLIM? EP=" If you need to ask that, you aren't very well educated. Here, check this out: The Truth About Islam http://islamwatchers.blogspot.com

Anyway it was not him in person who asked the women to get out of the view. I cant imagine him doing that. Especially if he was a muslim himself. But 'Allahu a Akbar' just for the sake of it.

Another perspective is should two catholic nuns request to be in a photograph with Obama, those two nuns would be ushered front row center, one on Obama's right, one on Obama's left.

Obama promises change but so far, same old Capital Hill tricks. Obama is surrounding himself with old school political hacks, falling back to Jimmy Carter platforms and highly controlling his image to present what he wants America to see, not what America needs to see.

No change, just Obama masturbating his bloated ego, as all old school politicians do.

Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation

Kiralynne Schilitubi you should be the last one talking about in your low class manner "his bloated ego" the other word you used was as crass as they come, even for you of racial slurs to get your point across. Do you have any class or they don't teach that in troll class.

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Is he muslim? Is he christian? Is is black? Is he white? WHY is he in the this and WHY are you thinking of voting for him? If you are black and you are voting black - you are an idiot. If you are white and you are voting white - you are an idiot. My thoughts, and I doubt anyone who is supporting him will take them, is to actually pose this question to yourself....if this man were in John McCain's body - would you still vote for him?

The REAL Muslim controversey is that Obama's father was Muslim, and since Islam is traced through the father's blood - that makes Obama a Muslim too. Yet we all pretend that Barrack Hussein Obama is not a Muslim. Malik Obama, Obama's half brother, announced to the world last week that Obama was raised Muslim and had the picture to prove it. The articles were on the Israeli Insider and Jerusalem Post websites, but the story was instantly squashed and denied. Big surprise there. Why has no one asked Obama why his Middle East advisor, Robert Malley, was secretly meeting with Hamas, or why Obama has had a recent undisclosed meeting with one of Hezbollah's most important agents in America, Imam Hassan Qazwini? Or why he maet again last week with a Hezbollah agent in Detroit? Or why so many of Obama’s advisors are blatantly anti-Israel? How about why he belongs to a church that gave Farrakhan a lifetime award? And why Obama’s church passed out pro Hamas and pro Hezbollah writings to their members? Or why Obama’s mentor of 20 years preached hatred for whites and Jews – and why Obama endorsed Rev. Wright with thousands of dollars to continue preaching hate for America, whites, and Jews – or even why Rev. Wright and Obama both converted from Islam to black liberation theology? Or why Palestinians are phone banking for Obama and Hamas is rooting for him? The fact that NO ONE IS ASKING THESE QUESTIONS is the true controversey.

an email I received today: [quote] In Obama's own words This guy wants to be our President and control our government. Pay close attention to the last comment!! Below are a few lines from Obama's books in his words: From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.' From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mothers race.' From Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.' From Dreams of My Father: ; 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on , to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.' From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.' From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' If you ever forwarded an e-mail, now is the time to do it again. [/quote] What do we want for a President? And why is any person who runs for President dipped into the crapper tank even before the person can PROVE his worth?(Obama HAS done some good, as I recall) Why aren't people talking about all the GOOD the candidates do, and instead are focusing on NEGATIVE portions of ALL people involved?? My God, people! Its not what goes in but what comes out... If Obama believes in Christ and believes in his Country (America), what the HELL else do you want? Should he cater to each and every person? Give everyone a silver spoon? Make amends for hundreds of years of atrocities (by our own ancestors before the SMART ones appeared and said 'HEY! We can't do this!! Slavery, abolishment, sufferage, anti-civil rights.. Come ON!!')? Have we forgotten our own 'skeletons in the closet'? We claim this and that about other nations that think and live differently, but look at US (either us or U.S., whaveter). Criminals fill our streets, jails, neighborhoods, perverts, rapists, murderers, day in and day out someone is treated worse than an animal (let alone actual animals being treated as they are), and we go about our daily lives with untethered SIN. Its okay to abort unborn children. Its ok to look up porn (of whatever you can think of).. its ok to marry 13 year olds, even if its within your own segregated religious compound... its OK to murder your wives, one after the other, get away with it, get famous, write a book and make money off of it... its OK to pass hundreds of homeless people on the street of any city and feel like 'I'm not like that, so it doesn't affect me'... its ok to allow thousands of those misplaced by hurricane Katrina (and now the newest onrush of floods!), to live without homes our houses and keep paying BILLIONS upon BILLIONS for WAR actions in other countries... ITS OK TO IGNORE OUR OWN PROBLEMS, but its really easy to focus in on everyone else's. I'm sickened to be an American if all we can talk and think about is someone else's problems instead of trying to fix our own. I love my flag, my country, my mother and my father, but will I ever be like my father, more than likely not, will I ever truelly believe what my mother believes, not if I want to become a true person of the country and environment I live in. I am shaped, created, molded, changed by what occurs around me. I could hear something one day, and change my view about it the next if someone were to show me a perspective about it I'd never thought of. Or I could just take that bit of info and file it for future reference, keeping my original biased opinion. But I will still never be much of anything if I don't take what I've learned, be it GOOD or BAD, and bring about POSITIVE change that benefits EVERYONE. Give the man a chance. We all have hate within, we all have respect within. Do we all do what needs to be done so others in our world won't suffer? "A new poll suggest only 6% of all humans on this planet actually practice what they preach..." Go figure if that doesn't appear in the next 100 year's newspapers once they look back on where our future children came from, as we look back where we ourselves came from and realize we at least are headed in the right direction. Freedom comes in many forms and many ways. Hatred isn't one of them, nor is pointing fingers and saying 'talk to the hand, cuz the face ain't listenin'.'...be nice if we could just ignore our differences, realize that there ARE differences, and will always BE differences, and just move on with better ideas about what to leave our children and their children.

And now Obama is President... hopefully our country can rebuild and give back to the people and not just enforce around the globe.

First of all, the author is ignorant of the contents of the Constitution. It does NOT have a "separation of church and state" in it anywhere. Secondly, read what obama wrote in his books. From Audacity of Hope: 'In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and...... ....... 'I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' Anyone that passed English class will tell you that, if you read this paragraph in context, obama is saying that he supports the muslims. Thirdly, obama also says, in his books, that he picked marxist friends. Fourthly, obama says, more than once, that he is a racist. READ HIS BOOKS. Google it. Check it out at liberal snopes.