A lot of people have already said what there is to say about Obama vehemently denying that he’s Muslim.

Fine, he’s not Muslim but the way he is going about it is leaving a bit of a bad taste to those of us who are Muslim.

Naomi Klein, of No Logo and Shock Doctrine fame, has an article up on The Nation with her two cents regarding this topic:

Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear

“Of course Obama must correct the record, but he doesn’t have to stop there. What is disturbing about the campaign’s response is that it leaves unchallenged the disgraceful and racist premise behind the entire “Muslim smear”: that being Muslim is de facto a source of shame. Obama’s supporters often say they are being “Swiftboated,” casually accepting the idea that being accused of Muslimhood is tantamount to being accused of treason.”

It’s a good article. Check it out.

Muslims prefer a democracy? They condemn the acts of 9/11?? Get out!

The Gallup polling agency released the results of a survey that began soon after the events of 9/11 to determine what the heck it is that those crazy Moslems think.

They surveyed about 50,000 Muslims from 35 countries and found that the religion of Islam did not actually fuel terrorism:

“Religion is an important part of life for the overwhelming majority of Muslims, and if it were indeed the driver for radicalisation, this would be a serious issue.”

But the study, which Gallup says surveyed a sample equivalent to 90 percent of the world’s Muslims, showed that widespread religiosity “does not translate into widespread support for terrorism,” said Mogahed, director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies.

Not only that, but Gallup found that the majority of Muslims favored a democracy. . . just as long as it wasn’t imposed on them by an outside force.

Article here - Major survey challenges Western perceptions of Islam