President Obama frustrated over Muslim rumours and Birth certificate queries

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A growing number of Americans incorrectly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, research suggests.

Some 18% said the president was a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009, according to the Pew Research survey of 3,003 Americans.

Among Republicans, that number was 34%. Just a third of those quizzed correctly identified Mr Obama as Christian.

Polling was done before 13 August when Mr Obama defended Muslims' right to build an Islamic centre by Ground Zero.

Forty-three per cent of those questioned said they did not know what Mr Obama's religion was.

'Spreading falsehoods'
The White House attributed the mistaken beliefs about Mr Obama's religion to a "misinformation campaign" pursued by his political opponents.

"While the president has been diligent and personally committed to his own Christian faith, there's certainly folks who are intent on spreading falsehoods about the president and his values and beliefs," White House faith adviser Joshua DuBois told AFP news agency.

The poll found beliefs about the president's faith were closely linked to political judgments about him.

It found that people who believe Mr Obama is a Muslim "overwhelmingly disapprove" of his job performance, while a majority of those who identify him as a Christian approve.

News of the poll comes amid fears by some US Muslims that they will be targeted due to the fact that the holiday of Eid falls on 11 September this year, the anniversary of the terror attacks of 2001.

Some are concerned that the joyous festivals that mark the occasion will be misconstrued as celebrations of the attacks.

Meanwhile a national debate continues over a developer's plans to build a mosque and community centre two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York.

The plans have provoked vehement opposition from many conservatives, though Mr Obama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the chairman of the US Democratic party and others have defended the developers' right to build there.

bbc.co.uk

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[coolfool147]

Is there Racism in USA still?? YES THERE IS. It just Hides deeper .

[minooo44]

@TribeTPaul umm reason ?!

[minooo44]

so what if he was Muslim or Atheist or anti-theist ,etc.... It's racism nation.

[thomas242007]

religion hasnt really had that much to do with politics now i know in islam the rule of law is governed by the rule of religion (sharia law) which is not the case here in america now im a christian but religion should never be used to enforce the law period. look at how wonderfully its worked for afghanistan and pakistan where women and men are flogged for infidelity or having sex before marriage take your sharia law, and islam and shove it up your ass!!!

[TribeTPaul]

@scourtle Well said.

[TribeTPaul]

@gtaclevelandcity Democrats too. Simply for the fact that they let the Republicans get away with the bullshit. Thinking the other side is going to go by the rules or play fair.

[TribeTPaul]

@scourtle I don't care about the rest of the world. The USA is my country and it is infested with stupid muthafuckas.

[scourtle]

palin and any of these beck types have nothing to do with GOD. well they do have to do with thier god, satan. but make no mistake none of these types are of GOD. just more mass manipulation, mkultra type deal. tribal divisions and compartmenalisations, while we fight each other they get away with it. never uniting against them just fighting each other. this is for every country and thier govt. they are all corrupted now.

[scourtle]

@TribeTPaul and rest of world are as well. none are safe from being ignorant and poisoned if you think any country is smarter or in the know then you yourself would be compartmentalised and need ot wake up. w/e country your in w/e heritge you hail from are just as much of mindless slaves as any american.

[scourtle]

@gtaclevelandcity anyone still in repub and dem state of mind is ignorant. wake up before it to late. you have been put into a paradigm