Debunking Obama Smears: Madrassa & Muslim Myths

Despite the fact that various news organizations have investigated and debunked claims that Barack Obama is a Muslim or attended an extremist "Madrassa" as a child, certain groups and internet bloggers continue to spread false information which amounts to slander.

It's dishonest and a cowardly attempt to scare people with lies.

For the record:
1. Obama is a Christian
2. The schools he attended were nothing out of the ordinary.

Background: When he was a child in Indonesia, Obama spent a couple of years at a Catholic school and another couple of years at a school that was predominantly Muslim (because Indonesia itself is predominantly Muslim). In his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, Obama elaborated on his early schooling, explaining that he attended both Catholic and Muslim schools in Indonesia — not out of any particular religious affiliation, but because his mother wanted him to obtain the best education possible under the circumstances:

During the five years that we would live with my stepfather in Indonesia, I was sent first to a neighborhood Catholic school and then to a predominantly Muslim school; in both cases, my mother was less concerned with me learning the catechism or puzzling out the meaning of the muezzin's call to evening prayer than she was with whether I was properly learning my multiplication tables.

For more details read:
Obama Smeared As Former ‘Madrassa’ Student, Possible Covert Muslim Extremist

False Email States: Illinois senator Barack Obama is a "radical, ideological Muslim."

Don't Let These Lies Stand:If someone sends you an email spreading these false stories I hope you will inform them of the truth and be sure to copy all those on the list they most likely CC'd.