“So in Muslim eyes, he is either a Muslim or an evil convert to a false religion, who should be killed.”
So it would be with the interpretation of Islam held by many (most?) Muslims.
“I’m curious about that. When a prominent Muslim renounces his faith, someone always puts a Fatwa out on him and good Muslims try to kill him. How come Obama is not subject to this kind of attack by Muslim fanatics?”
I suspect it may be because he became a Christian (at least nominally) long before he was a prominent person, and he lives in a place where folks don't pronounce fatwas on ordinary folks.
“... but he never admits that he was ever a Muslim or that he has repudiated Islam.”
It seems he would like to elide past that part of his life.
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See Beckwith’s post, #68.
If an American with an unusual background abandons his Muslim youth, he can normally get away with it because nobody notices. Who cares? And the Muslims in the neighborhood don’t know about it and probably don’t know him.
But if it becomes public knowledge that somebody prominent was Muslim and now isn’t, that would normally be enough to trigger a Fatwah somewhere. Salman Rushdie, for instance, still needs protection, because plenty of Muslims would like to kill him.
So, it’s a bit curious that Muslims are not outraged by Obama’s apostasy. In fact, they like him, and he likes them. It’s easy enough for your average multi-culti American Christian, maybe, to get on with Muslims, but not for a prominent ex-Muslim Christian. Normally he’d be the last person to open ecumenical relations with Muslims, because they hate what he represents, someone who has broken the most basic law of Islam and insulted Allah.