Is Barack Obama a Muslim? Can anyone either confirm or deny this?

I think this is an important issue. If he is a Muslim, he certainly isn't being forthcoming with it.

Public Comments

1. No, he's a christian with the United Church of Christ.
2. Read his books. he talks about his Christian faith in them in great detail. He follows Jesus. he is a member of The United Church of Christ and has been for years and years. Whoever told you this rumor is either misinformed or lying.
3. And the reason you are being ignorant is?? WHY? Oh yea...because you grew up in a biggoted family.
4. I saw him wearing a fez once, if that helps.
5. he is a Christian with the United Church of Christ, as people have said, and no non-Christian has ever been president, only one Catholic has won (all others have been Protestant) and very few non-Protestants even run.
6. I can confirm that he is not a Muslim. Obama belongs to the United Church of Christ, he is a Christian.
7. He started out as a kid going to a muslim school.
8. You are a true racist and biggot!!
9. I can deny it. http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/01/obamas_religion.html Barack Obama says he's a Christian who came to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in his mid-20's. But does he consider himself "evangelical?" That question was posed to him recently by Cathleen Falsani, the religion reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Here is Obama's reponse: "Gosh, I'm not sure if labels are helpful here because the definition of an evangelical is so loose and subject to so many different interpretations. I came to Christianity through the black church tradition where the line between evangelical and non-evangelical is completely blurred. Nobody knows exactly what it means. "Does it mean that you feel you've got a personal relationship with Christ the savior? Then that's directly part of the black church experience. Does it mean you're born-again in a classic sense, with all the accoutrements that go along with that, as it's understood by some other tradition? I'm not sure." He continued his answer: "My faith is complicated by the fact that I didn't grow up in a particular religious tradition. And so what that means is when you come at it as an adult, your brain mediates a lot, and you ask a lot of questions. "There are aspects of Christian tradition that I'm comfortable with and aspects that I'm not. There are passages of the Bible that make perfect sense to me and others that I go, 'Ya know, I'm not sure about that,'" he said, shrugging and stammering slightly.
10. No - but his dad was (at least from what I've heard).
11. With all responses saying that Obama is not a Muslim, why are there still some misinformed people who think he is a Muslim. I know because I have seen those people post on Yahoo Answers saying he is a Muslim.
12. Any sane person would have to say that if Obama admitted to being a Muslim he would NOT get to first base in this political race. He would not dare reveal such a thing. It would be VERY HELPFUL to know for certain where his 'religious leanings' are ! ! !
13. Read his book. He was schooled in a Muslim school. He claims he's changed religions - how do we know for sure? Muslim kids are taught to hate America. Their are cells in America that are just waiting to become active. How do we know????????? We don't need a Muslim President! People need to wake up!