Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him

"Since declaring his candidacy for president in February, Obama, a member of a congregation of the United Church of Christ in Chicago, has had to address assertions that he is a Muslim or that he had received training in Islam in Indonesia, where he lived from ages 6 to 10. While his father was an atheist and his mother did not practice religion, Obama's stepfather did occasionally attend services at a mosque there."

Which shows that racial and religious intolerance is still alive and well in America. I agree with Ibrahim Hooper, Communications Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, "It's good for America to have a president who has diversity at many levels in his background. That would be a benefit in reaching out to the rest of the world, particularly the Islamic world."