there are a number of arabic words stemming from this root; i am pretty sure that egyptian president hosni mubarak’s name is based on this same root. in any case, hebrew and arabic are related.

‘My wife Michelle and I are Christians, but my father was a Muslim and my paternal grandfather was a Muslim

not only makes Obummer a Muslim in Muslim eyes, it makes him an apostate Muslim, which is punishable only by death. No shunning, no excommunication, just death. So the fact that his paternal ancestors were Muslim is more of a problem for the strict Muslims than it is a help. He is, in their eyes, an apostate. Bad news for everyone. Especially BO.

c. 200 AD Hellenistic mathematician Diophantus lived in Alexandria and is often considered to be the “father of algebra”, writes his famous Arithmetica, a work featuring solutions of algebraic equations and on the theory of numbers.

Oh, and that would be 200 years before the birth of Mohamed. Check out the algebra timeline. The Greeks and the Indians got there first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_algebra

The major contribution to our modern math by Muslims would be Arabic numbers. But they were around before Mohamed too. And invented by the Indians. Hindu Indians, that is.

The arabic numerals, or Hindu numerals (often capitalized) are the ten digits (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), which—along with the system by which a sequence (e.g. “406″) was read as a number—were originally defined by Indian mathematicians, later modified and transferred to North African Arab mathematicians and transmitted to Europe in the Middle Ages, whence they spread around the world through European colonialism. Today they are the most common symbolic representation of numbers in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals
So the next time you eat at an Indian or Greek restaurant, do be sure to thank them.

Apr 7 06:23 AM US/Eastern

Obama Tours Religious Museums in Turkey

Obama:
U.S. ‘Is Not And Will Never Be At War With Islam’

US President Barack Obama visited a landmark mosque in Istanbul on Tuesday, following strong messages of US reconciliation with the Islamic world on his maiden trip to a mainly Muslim country.

Taking off his shoes as tradition requires, Obama stepped into the 17th-century Sultanahmet Mosque in the ancient heart of Istanbul, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid tight security in the area.

Two Muslim preachers guided Obama inside the grandiose edifice — better known as the Blue Mosque for its blue tileworks — and the president smiled when they showed him a dome scripture mentioning the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein, Obama’s middle name, Anatolia news agency reported.

In a major speech at the Turkish parliament in Ankara Monday, Obama declared that the United States “is not and never will be at war with Islam” and called Turkey a “critical ally,” earning himself much praise in a country where his predecessor left the US image in tatters.

“Obama conquers hearts,” the popular Vatan newspaper trumpeted on its front page, while the liberal Taraf said the speech marked the end of “the bellicose spirit of September 11.”

Following up on his appeal for dialogue and inter-faith understanding, Obama met on Tuesday with Muslim, Christian and Jewish spiritual leaders based in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and the meeting point of Europe and Asia.

He combined his visit to the Blue Mosque with a tour of the 6th-century Hagia Sophia church, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture across the Islamic edifice.

The church was converted to a mosque when the Ottomans conquered Istanbul in 1453, and was finally transformed into a museum in the 1930s, still featuring both biblical paintings and Islamic scriptures.

Obama also met with university students before wrapping up his two-day visit to Turkey and his d㩢t trip to Europe later on Tuesday.

A Turkish security official said a man was detained in Istanbul last week on suspicion he plotted to kill Obama. But police then established the man was mentally disturbed and released him.

Since his election, Obama has already won significant popularity in Turkey, a NATO member and a key Muslim ally of the United States, and is keen to improve ties that chilled over the US invasion of neighbouring Iraq in 2003 and former president George W. Bush’s policies in the Middle East.

A public opinion poll found in February that 39.2 percent of Turks had confidence in Obama, making him “the most trusted leader” in Turkish eyes.

In 2005, only 9.3 percent said they trusted Bush, giving him only a slight lead over Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who had the confidence of 4.6 percent.

On Monday, Obama hardened his message in support of Turkey’s bid to join the European Union, despite French and German opposition.

Turkey and the United States, he said, could set an example to the world by building a “model partnership” based on democratic values, including respect for religious diversity.

In more pointed messages, Obama called on Turkey to step up EU-demanded democracy reforms and broaden the freedoms of non-Muslim minorities and the restive Kurdish community.

He urged normalisation of ties with Armenia, while signalling that Washington would not interfere in their dispute on whether the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century was genocide.

Obama’s decision to include Turkey in his first trip to Europe is largely seen as an effort to keep the country firmly anchored in the West.

Turkey’s Islamist-rooted government has recently given rise to fears that it is drifting away from the West, forging closer ties with countries such as Iran and Sudan and welcoming leaders of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in Ankara.

Copyright AFP 2008

1.If you didn’t like his name=racist, and anti-Muslim as well as W2 supporting Republican

2. If you questioned his religious beliefs- ala, Rev. Wright = you were racist, anti-black theology

3. If you questioned his family background=racist

4. If you questioned which name he had, when and why=racist?

5. If you supported Senator Clinton-you were suffering from a “mandigo” style racism

6. If you complained about lyrics of songs that were used, by him, or his campaign=racist.

7. IF you questioned his service as senator

8. If you questioned his education, health, or citizenship= you know the answer.

9. If you simply did not agree with his policies

10. IF tried to do your due diligence as a voter.

I suppose we were to lay on our backs, keep our mouths shut, and not ask any questions? I say no, we have earned our right to have a purple thumb here, as well; for over 200 years; “Change” in word, must be followed up by an action. Otherwise, there is only talk, of the type that translates to having your views “corrected”, because you were faulty in not believing, without questioning.

Then there have been the speakers at McCain-Palin rallies who continue, unchecked by the candidates, to refer to “Barack Hussein Obama” – the emphasis on his middle name is an implication that Obama, who is a Christian, is Muslim. The latest occurred Wednesday in Pennsylvania, when Bill Platt, the Lehigh County Republican chairman, mentioned Obama’s former reluctance to wear an American flag lapel pin and said: “Think about how you’ll feel on Nov. 5 if you see the news that Barack Obama, Barack Hussein Obama, is president of the United States.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/09/MNB313DUTE.DTL

Give us facts and we’ll go from there.

Oh? YOU have no facts, either? Who would have thought?