Looks like Obama is what the world needs to calm this "terrorism storm". I'm sure McCain and the Republican jargon will use this against him, but I say go ahead....LET HIM WIN! This is what we TRULY need in the post-9/11 world. Not division from the Muslim world but understanding and conversation.
The rumors that Obama is a Muslim aren't true, but that doesn't mean we can't live together? Does it?
Thomas Friedman has a great piece on this issue and how Muslim are agog over Obama.
Arab Muslims know that if America were to elect as its president some guy with the middle name "Hussein," it would mark a sea change in America-Muslim relations.
"This column will probably get Barack Obama in trouble, but that's not my problem. I cannot tell a lie: Many Egyptians and other Arab Muslims really like him and hope that he wins the presidency. "
"While Obama, who was raised a Christian, is constantly assuring Americans that he is not a Muslim, Egyptians are amazed, excited and agog that America might elect a black man whose father's family was of Muslim heritage. They don't really understand Obama's family tree, but what they do know is that if America - despite being attacked by Muslim militants on Sept. 11, 2001 - were to elect as its president some guy with the middle name "Hussein," it would mark a sea change in America-Muslim world relations."
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