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Hillary Clinton and supporters spread lies and rumors about Barack Obama and supposed Muslim connections.
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To the Editor: Like the Jewish legal tradition, Islamic law is a conversation represented in dynamic and diverse schools of thought. Edward N. Luttwak speaks of an essentialized Islamic law that does not exist. Nevertheless, there is no dispute among Muslims that Islam is not an ethnic affiliation, nor is it passed through the gene pool. A Muslim parent is morally responsible for raising his or her child within Islam; children, for their part, have no legal culpability. There is no legal obligation by a child to affiliate with the Muslim community. Islam does not consider Barack Obama ever to have been part of the Muslim community. Apostasy has no relevance here.
Ingrid Mattson
Hartford, May 12, 2008
The writer is president of the Islamic Society of North America, the largest umbrella Muslim group in the country.

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/opinion/lweb14muslim.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

In Obamas case--given his mixed-race lineage, his Kenyan father, his experiences growing up in Indonesia, his middle name (Hussein)--questions about his devotion to America carry a special potency, as xenophobia mingles with racism to create a poisonous brew. The toxicity is further heightened in this post-9/11 atmosphere, in which an image of Obama in Somali dress is understood as a slur and e-mails claiming that he is a "secret Muslim" schooled in a
madrassa spread virally, along with rumors that he took the oath of office on a Koran. The madrassa and Koran canards have been thoroughly debunked, but still they persist--and few have been willing to stand up and say, So what if he was a Muslim? For her part, Clinton, asked on 60 Minutes whether Obama was a Muslim, said, "There is nothing to base that on, as far as I know."

Full article: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080519/betsyreed

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