Obama was "previously quite religious in Islam"

I was going though the Atlas 2007 and 2008 archives looking for a source and I found this: "when Obama talks to our enemies, what will he say?"

Indeed. I came across the following post and I am running it again. Perhaps more people are listening. When I ran this post over two years ago, and the following one over a year ago, I was called every name under the sun. I think it's important to read this now in light of all the things he is doing. His submission to the Muslim world, his abandonment of Israel, and his takedown of the American economy, the engine that motors the world.

The "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" blog reports that Obama's Indonesian schooling began when he was entered into the Roman Catholic, Franciscus Assisi Primary School on January 1, 1968 and sat in class 1B.  He was registered under the name Barry Soetoro, serial number 203. School documents listed Barry Soetoro as an Indonesian citizen and his religion was listed as Islam. He will spend three years at Franciscus.
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All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school and a young Barry Soetoro, being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school.

He called himself Barry as a child. Why did he change and go back to Barack Hussein? This was a conscious decision that he made. Why? And if Barack went to all the trouble of going from Barry to Barack Hussein, why are we vilified when calling him by the name he prefers?

He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam.

In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama mentions studying the Quran and describes the public school as "a Muslim school."

According to Tine Hahiyary, one of Obama's teachers and the principal from 1971 through 1989, Barry actively took part in the Islamic religious lessons during his time at the school.  His teacher was named Maimunah and she lived in the Puncak area, the Cianjur Regency.

"I remembered that he had studied "mengaji" (recitation of the Quran)" Tine said.

Obama himself recalls, "In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell mother I made faces during Koranic studies."

Our guy in Jakarta writes: "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 in a Christian context, this is something above and beyond simply enrolling your child in Sunday school classes."

"The fact that Obama had attended mengaji classes is well known in Indonesia and has left many there wondering just when Obama is going to come out of the closet."

"As I've stated before, the evidence seems to quite clearly show that both Ann Dunham and her husband Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo were in fact devout Muslims themselves and they raised their son as such."

In 2007, Obama's classmate Rony Amiris describes young Barry as enjoying playing football and marbles and being a very devout Muslim. Amir said, "Barry was previously quite religious in Islam."

"We previously often asked him to the prayer room close to the house.  If he was wearing a sarong he looked funny," said Rony.

Amiris now the manager of the Bank Mandiri, Jakarta, recently said, "Barry was previously quite religious in Islam.  His birth father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim economist from Kenya.  Before marrying Ann Dunham, Hussein Obama was married to a woman from Kenya who had seven children.  All the relatives of Barry's father were very devout Muslims"

In 2007, Emirsyah Satar, CEO of Garuda Indonesia, was quoted as saying, "He (Obama) was often in the prayer room wearing a 'sarong', at that time."

"He was quite religious in Islam but only after marrying Michelle, he changed his religion."

Why lie?

OK, so he was raised a Muslim. Why lie? Why? When did he leave? How? Those who have left Islam are quite definitive about it. Vocal, even. How did he leave? When? He claims to be a practicing Christian for 20 years. He is 47 years old. What was happening prior to age 27?

On March 14th, 2007, the Obama Campaign told the LA Times that Obama was not a "practicing Muslim."

But his official website says:  "Obama Has Never Been A Muslim, And Is a Committed Christian. "

Islamic links on Obama web site stir criticism

*Video* The Prayer Room Where Obama Played

Related Posts at  "An American Expat in Southeast Asia,"
Tracking Down Obama in Indonesia
Tracking Down Obama in Indonesia - Part 2
Tracking Down Obama in Indonesia - Part 3

More here: Barack Hussein Obama's "Apostasy" from Islam January 2007

Obama and Islam: The Third Rail in American Politics February 2008

Obama's Jihad: Jakarta to the Whitehouse

Comments

[JewishOdysseus]

Come on, it isn't like he went to church one day and got blessed by a visiting African pastor/tribal doctor...Now THAT wd tell us something about his heart and loyalties!

Right?

[moderationist]

He was registered in this school as an indonesian citizen. To the best of my recollection, I have never seen him registered in anything as an American citizen. Telling the truth about this guy is not allowed.

[neverforget]

I think the truth was revealed when Colin Poweell gave his endorsement of Obama and said, "What's the matter with having a Muslim president?"

[jj]

pamela:

a very timely, and very powerful post, now as then.

i think it is time we all get over a very important conceptual hurdle when we regard the resident in chief.--

he was not chosen as the standard bearer for the radical left inspite of his muslim heritage and faith, he was chosen as the standard bearer for the radical left because he was muslim.

the fix has been in for some time, and that "fix" is found in the pamphlet "changing course" by the u.s.-mulsim engagement project, a george soros front, and by the pamphlet put out by the brookings institute for improving u.s. & muslim/arabic relations.

obama was chosen as the "bridge" to the muslim world, by those who control things, that being radicalized northeastern old money and an amalgam of california and texas oil.

the price improved relations with the muslim world is the very existence of israel. this is the gift to the muslims to placate them. the further price is the surrender of u.s. influence in the med. & in europe, and the loss of u.s. hegemony in that part of the world. and, of course, the payoff to the radical leftist is the loss of our heritage and freedom and liberties here at home, to the screed of socialism and collectivist right, as administered by the vanguard of the american proletariat, the american democratic party. (norman thomas was exactly right, the democrats are precisely soviet communists, e.g., george soros acolytes.)

they mean to control american politics forever, those who have made this bargain. this explains their reaction to the tea parties.

we must press forward. keep your power dry, and your locks in proper order, and praise the lord and horde your ammunition.

john jay
milton freewater, oregon usa

[Dagny Taggart]

That is a chilling synopsis, John Jay.

[Greg Goss]

Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

[Logical American]

Let's not forget what Qadaffi said last July -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2737QUBxFY

Remember that Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and one other prominent activist visited Qadaffi in January. And awhile ago, Qadaffi wanted to give Farrakhan $1 billion as a gift to the nation of Islam.

I think Qadaffi knows which side of the bread is buttered.

[JewishOdysseus]

With all due respect to mahbruthaaahhh John Jay, the Muslims are merely the latest in a string of alien barbarians that our home-grown Western self-haters have groomed to help them destroy and take over our rotten, greedy, corrupt, blablahblah civilization: Soviet Russia, the "Greens," 3rd World radicals from Fanon to Arafat to Chavez...The Aliens are always meant to be tools, or rather "blunt instruments" for the local Left to gain power, there is no real plan for sharing any power with them. Of course Islamists have their own agenda and "scientific" approach to exploiting disunity in the Dar al-harb in order to convert it to the Dar al-Islam, as they have done hundreds of times over hundreds of years.

I guess I'm saying: if it wasn't the Muslims, they'd be conspiring w/ someone else. Maybe Latinos plus Amerindians?

[Romanmvh]

"his takedown of the American economy"

The economy was utterly broken when Obama took over.

[John Galt]

JewishOdysseus listen up:

Does your mother know that you are a kapo?

The worst kind of Jew, one that aids and supports Jew haters.

[zeezil]

Hey...you racist...don't use his middle name Hussein. Only The Annointed One is allowed to be racist and use his middle name Hussein.

[jdamn]

JO's right. Libtards just align themselves with the sickest, most violent, most arbaric totalitarian ideology du jour because they think they will do their bidding. They always have. Today it's Islam. That Mohammedans have genocidal inclinations is the icing on the cake. They were right in the case of the commies and the Nazis, but the Mohammedans will eat the libtards alive.

[gunjam]

Ms. Geller: Excellent post: You must be the "most wanted" on the DHS watch list! I admire your guts. I wish you could impart even a very small portion of your courage to our spineless, elected RinoEpblican geldings!

[JewishOdysseus]

John Galt, I have it on good authority your real name is "Charles Johnson."

WTF are you talking about? No, don't even bother.

Troll.

[Alice L.]

He was and is an Islamist who hobnobs with Chavez, another nasty anti-Semite. Obama wants to destroy Israel. He is sick and Hashem will stop him.