White House: Obama is A Christian

President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama, is a Christian. The White House’s statement dismissed the assumption of U.S. citizens who allege Obama’s a Muslim.

“The president is clearly a Christian. He prayed every day,” White House spokesman said, Bill Burton, Thursday, August 19, 2010.

The more increasing of U.S. citizens who feel that Obama is not a Christian was known by the results of the survey.

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the number of respondents who rate Obama is a Muslim now as much as 18 percent of the total participants. The number rose seven percent of survey results in March 2009.

In the same survey, the number of respondents who believe that Obama is a Christian now only 34 per cent, whereas last year was 48 percent. Interestingly, as much as 43 percent of respondents currently admitted did not know what the religion that was embraced by Obama.

The Survey of Time Magazine / ABT SRBI, which took place last August 16 to 17, revealed that 47 percent of respondents think Obama is a Christian, while 24 percent believed he was Muslim, while 24 percent admitted did not know or did not answer him.

According to the mass media in the U.S., Obama’s views on the belief that respondents associated with its support for the construction of a mosque in the area of Manhattan, New York. We held an iftar at the White House, Friday, August 13, 2010, Obama stated that Islam is part of the Americans and Muslims have the right to establish places of worship anywhere, including in Manhattan.

However, despite also supported by the mayor of New York, mosque construction is opposed by some public and among politicians of the Republican Party. According to them, the development is justified because it is close to the area “Ground Zero.” Previously the location was a complex of the World Trade Center twin towers, which was destroyed by al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on September 11, 2010, which killed about 3,000 people.

According to observers, they are not happy with Obama’s support for the construction of the mosque and then try to create an opinion among the public to ask the identity and background of Obama.

“This situation reflects the more intense the negative view of Obama from the critics,” Andrew Cohut said, director of the Pew Research Center.

This President of the United States since January 20, 2009 has a background that “colorful.” Barack Hussein Obama, his father was an origin Kenyan Muslim and his mother was American Christian.

Since childhood, Obama was raised by his mother, Ann Dunham, and the parents of his mother. At the age of 6 to 10 years, Obama lived in Indonesia, together with her mother and stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.