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Even by the generally low & totally biased standards of 'Frontpagemag', this particular article is special.
This is essentially a smear dressed up as a serious inquiry. Does it matter a whit if a pre-pubescent briefly followed the religion of his father & stepfather? no. However, if you want to try to play on the fears of the ignorant, what better way to smear him than pretend it does.
It is the following scentence that reveals how utterly deviod of scholarly value this article is:
"More significantly, how would more mainstream Muslims respond to him, would they be angry at what they would consider his apostasy? That reaction is a real possibility, one that could undermine his initiatives toward the Muslim world."
Excuse me? so, the entire point of this article is that Muslims might not respect Obama. How about an article on potential muslim attitudes to Hilary Clinton? What is Islam's take on Mormonism? Shouldn't we find out before the primaries are over? And what about Muslim attitudes to a former evangelical preacher who probably believes they are all going to hell?
Lastly, can anyone even imagine such an article being written about Lieberman or any other Jewish politician? The question is absurd, yet the point is at least as relevant as anything put forth in this article. In fact, I think we can all imagine the reaction if someone wrote an article suggesting that Jews shouldn't run for President or VP because it would upset muslims.
Daniel Pipes is supposed to be a respected scholar. This article tells me that assessment is WAY off the mark. He is doing a terrifylingly good impression of a gutter level political hitman with this POS.
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