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2008-06-14 Home Front: Politix

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim (picture)

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-14 10:46|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Apparently, the Israelis have more confidence in McCain as POTUS.

Posted by Bobby 2008-06-14 11:33|| 2008-06-14 11:33|| Front Page Top

#2 That's not the Malik Obabma I knew.

Posted by B. Hussein Obama 2008-06-14 11:50|| 2008-06-14 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure Obama's fightthesmears.com website will be all over this.

Posted by Mike 2008-06-14 11:56|| 2008-06-14 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 This blogger did some sleuthing in Indonesia. A number of posts going back over a year

http://laotze.blogspot.com/

What struck me the most odd from the story was Tine Hahiyary's recollection of a young Obama who was quite religious and actively took part in mengaji classes. A claim that would seem to differ from Obama's much publicized statements that he was not raised in a particularly religious household.

While the word "mengaji" means to either learn or study, however, the actual usage of the word "mengaji" in Indonesian and Malaysian societies means the study of learning to recite the Quran in the Arabic language rather than the native tongue. "Mengagi" is a word and a term that is accorded the highest value and status in the mindset of fundamentalist societies here in Southeast Asia. To put it quite simply, "mengaji classes" are not something that a non practicing or so-called moderate Muslim family would ever send their child to. To put this is perhaps a Christian context, this is something above and beyond simply enrolling your child in Sunday school classes.

Posted by phil_b 2008-06-14 13:54|| 2008-06-14 13:54|| Front Page Top

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