Nearly a third of Americans thought he was one of us. So why not claim it?[br]For eight years,a black man with a Kenyan father whose middle name was Hussein and who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia ran the US as president and commander-in-chief. And, all this while, or nearly one-third of the country thought he was a Muslim. Instead of being a cause for concern,this gives me a small sense of delight.
Barack Obama’s skin color, his Arabic middle name, or his alleged Muslim-ness did not deter American voters from making him the moment-most powerful,influential person in the nation. (First place is forever occupied by Oprah.) Instead, millions of Americans voluntarily voted for a man who was widely believed to be Muslim.
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Source: theguardian.com