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Is Barack Obama a Muslim?
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US Elections
Barack Obama
Politics
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The religious beliefs of the candidates were heavily scrutinized in the US presidential race of 2008. A survey by Pew Research Center in July 2008 found that "12% of Americans continue to say Barack Obama is Muslim, virtually unchanged from 10% in March. This misperception is not limited to voters who oppose Obama. Identical percentages of Republicans and Democrats (12% each) think he is Muslim".
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Colin Powell
Former U.S. Secretary of State
He is not a Muslim, he's [always been] a Christian. ... But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, "He's a Muslim and he might be associated terrorists." This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
19 Oct 2008
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Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senator, Democrat
There is nothing to base that on as far as I know.
02 Mar 2008
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