Pipes confirms that Obama practiced Islam

In response to criticism of his earlier article claiming that Barack Hussein Obama practiced Islam when he lived in Indonesia between the ages of six and ten, Daniel Pipes verifies, on the basis of the information brought forth by his own critics, that young Barack

was an irregularly practicing Muslim who rarely or occasionally prayed with his step-father in a mosque. This precisely substantiates my statement that he “for some years had a reasonably Muslim upbringing under the auspices of his Indonesian step-father.”…

All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a murtadd (apostate), an ex-Muslim converted to another religion who must be executed. Were he elected president of the United States, this status, clearly, would have large potential implications for his relationship with the Muslim world.

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Steven H. writes:

I read that Pipes article last week. However, there is no evidence that Obama practiced Islam past puberty, which weakens the case. Technically, his having practiced Islam would make him eligible for a death sentence. But I doubt that Muslims would sentence him since Muhahamad taught the that lying to infidels was not only acceptable but required for those who practice Islam.

If you have any evidence of post puberty worship, I’d like to see it since I am very fearful that this anti-American empty suit may run our country.

I’d be surprised if this country even exists in its currant form 20 years from now. Just look at our changing demographics.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 25, 2008 02:35 PM | Send