No.
Let’s put it this way- there are a lot more non-Muslims than Muslims who consider Barack Obama Muslim.
I don’t have a scholarly cite but I am married to an Egyptian Muslim. I will add that she and her family are not particularly pious but over my 18 years of marriage I’ve been to Egypt seven times and have had the opportunity to have discussions with her friends and family about religion, although the discussions tend to be lightweight as to avoid any emotional hot buttons.
While I have the floor I will just point out that “(some) Muslims” per the OP is not the same as “reasonable Muslims” in other posts.
Even if he had made a childhood “declaration” of Islamic faith, are there any Muslims who would not see that as superseded by his later declarations and rituals of Christian faith?
There is a curious converse situation in Malaysia. There, if you are a Muslim citizen, if you renounce your religion, you lose your citizenship. If your parents are Muslim you are automatically covered.
Given that the world in general doesn’t cope well with stateless people, I’m not sure what the outcome is for apostate citizens. Thus it seems it is essentially impossible for an ethnic Malay (as opposed to someone born in Malaysia with a different lineage) to not be Muslim.
Muslims who dislike Barack Obama have far more pressing reasons to dislike Obama than his alleged and non existent apostasy.
Considering Obama’s case, seeing as he wasnt raised as one, and regularly talked about his Christian faith, I doubt many Muslims would consider him as one of them.
But, you said this “And No. Islam is not Judaism. What you are born as is irrelevant.” and in some Muslim countries that wouldnt be true. That’s what I was replying to.
You being born a Muslim is irrelevant, you *having lived *in North Africa would be.
Not true - you get a “pass” until you’re Confirmed. Once you reach an age of reasonable maturity you “confirm” your belief in Catholicism. At Baptism, your parents (or other representatives) present you as a a child who will be raised in the Catholic tradition. And yada, yada.
Baptism is just a cleansing of Original Sin, whereas Confirmation is an intentional leap into the dogma. It’s part of that whole “free will” thing. [the last bit was not meant to be snarky - just to underscore that the “free will” bit is a fundamental component of Catholicism].
What he said. I have never met a Muslim who thinks the president is a Muslim. I have met many Christians who have this delusion.
(Oddly there is a persistent rumor that Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon was a Muslim. Apparently he said something that got everyone excited. The official answer in the government-controlled press’s religious column is that Armstrong’s faith is a personal matter.)
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