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Obama's Mother Did Not Like His Learning About Islam?
From the Australian:
US President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama visit Humayun's Tomb in New Dehli, India. Source: AFP
AS a schoolboy in Jakarta, Barack Obama attended Muslim prayer sessions with his classmates against the wishes of his mother.The US President's former grade three teacher said that Mr Obama - who was known as "Barry" when he attended the Menteng One school in Jakarta - studied the Koran and went to classes on Islam, despite the objections of Ann Dunham, a Catholic.
The teacher's recollections will add to speculation about Mr Obama's links to Islam during his much-anticipated visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, as part of his ten-day tour of Asia.
Mr Obama moved to Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, when he was 6, and lived there for four years. In his memoirs he recalled his time in the country as the "bounty of a young man's life" and there is affection and pride among Indonesians for the boy who ended up as President of the United States.
The teacher, Effendi, who taught at Menteng One for 29 years, remembers Mr Obama as a "fat, curly-haired, curious boy". The school had an international mix of pupils, including Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims.
Mr Obama attended classes on Islam while the Christians attended classes on Christianity, said Effendi. Barry, he said, was alone among the pupils in that he insisted on attending both.
"His mother did not like him learning Islam, although his father was a Muslim. Sometimes she came to the school; she was angry with the religious teacher and said 'Why did you teach him the Koran?'" said Effendi.
"But he kept going to the classes because he was interested in Islam. He would also join the other pupils for Muslim prayers."Thanks to Will at The Other News.
The US President - who has cancelled a scheduled trip to Indonesia twice before - may be stymied again by air traffic disruption caused by an ash cloud emitted from Mount Merapi.
The volcano has been erupting since October 26, killing at least 117 people.
Mr Obama is due to arrive in Jakarta tomorrow after three days in India.
A third cancellation would not be welcomed in Indonesia, where some offence has already been taken at the brevity of the visit.
The homecoming anticipated so keenly by Indonesians has been reduced to less than 24 hours; the shortest amount of time he will spend in any country on the Asia itinerary.
- Not That There's Anything Wrong With ... Running Like A Duck
Statue of Barack Obama as a young boy which stands in Indonesia Obama visits a nation that knew him as BarryThe two houses where he spent part of his boyhood stand pretty much the way they did when he went back to Hawaii four decades ago. The two...
- Obama's Biography Is Beginning To Fall Apart - Third Grade In Two Different Countries?
From WND: Scott Inoue says this photo shows him with Barack Obama Jr. as classmates at Noelani Elementary School in Honolulu in 1969. The release of two sets of State Department documents through a Freedom of Information Act request has given new life...
- It Does Matter That Obama Was A Muslim
The American definition of a Muslim is, "a person who chooses to follow Islam." In America, we have freedom of religion, so the element of personal choice is crucial to the definition of who is and is not a Muslim. The Islamic definition of a Muslim is,...
- Obama Defends His Christian Religion, Denies Apostasy
So today, Obama defends his religion. AP: The Democratic presidential candidate told a town hall meeting Sunday in Nelsonvile, Ohio, in the state's rural southeast, that he is a devout Christian who prays to Jesus every night. ...... Obama said misinformation...
- Confirmed: Barack Obama Did Practice Islam
Muslims believe that once you are a Muslim, you are always a Muslim,or you are an apostate. And, the penalty for apostasy is death. Notice you never hear any Muslims calling for Barack Obama's death. From Daniel Pipes: In a recent analysis, “Was...