Despite the media’s concerted effort to declare emphatically that Barack Obama is a devout, practicing Christian, many still believe that behind closed doors Obama is actually a Muslim, or at least more sympathetic to Muslims than Christians. To the great disappointment of those who’d like to blame all Obama conspiracy theories on the “bitter clingers,” claims that “Obama is a Muslim” are perhaps most persistent among a surprising group: Muslims in the Middle East.
A 2015 CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll asked Americans if they knew what Obama’s religion was. “Is he Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, something else, or not religious?” asked the pollsters. The results were eye-opening. Over six years into his presidency, a majority of Americans doubted that Obama believed what he publicly said he believed. Only 39 percent said he was a Protestant/Christian, while 29 percent said they believed he was a Muslim (43 percent of Republicans, 15 percent of Democrats, and 29 percent of Independents).
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