# Why would Obama make such a preposterous claim? \[US one of the largest Muslim countries\]

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**Created:** [June 3, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-obama-make-such-a-preposterous-claim-us-one-of-the-largest-muslim-countries/498567 "2009-06-03T12:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-obama-make-such-a-preposterous-claim-us-one-of-the-largest-muslim-countries/498567/121 "2009-06-11T17:17:45Z")

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So he was trying to say, “America is one of the countries with the largest Muslims in the world?”

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-obama-make-such-a-preposterous-claim-us-one-of-the-largest-muslim-countries/498567/122 "2009-06-11T17:40:11Z")

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> [@Captain\_Amazing](#):
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> So he was trying to say, “America is one of the countries with the largest Muslims in the world?”

We do have an incredibly obese population.

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