Obama: 'US one of the largest Muslim Countries in the World'

Obama: 'US one of the largest Muslim Countries in the World'

www.americanthinker.com

In an interview with Laura Haim on Canal Plus, a French television station, Mr. Obama noted that the United States also could be considered as "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." He sought to downplay the expectations of the speech, but he said he hoped the address would raise awareness about Muslims.

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Is this just another one of many gaffs by Obama, is he really stupid or intentionally being disengenuous to pander to countries in the Middle East? I find this comment absolutely bizzare to say the least.

What's even more baffling is recently Obama stated that the U.S. is NOT a Catholic nation yet today he believes we are a Muslim nation.

The U.S. is like 27 countries behind regarding a Muslim population so what on Earth is he talking about?

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reply to post by WhatTheory


I don't think he is stupid, but he is assured that the American's are far from intelligent given the previous history and laws introduced upon its citizens without any threat or issue.

He is only taking it to the next level.

Speaking as a Muslim . . .

This guy stuns me.

The last time I saw so many missteps, it was my first latin dance lesson at Fred Astaire studios.

this is hardly news-worthy
But i bet there will be many responses

People like to discuss on distractions

who cares about religion man
what does that have to do with your freedom or pocket?

He's getting us prepared for the news to hit that he is finally outed as a muslim.

Ummm... We aren't even in the top 50.

This was his attempt to try and ease hatred towards the USA by saying there is a large population of muslims here..which there isn't by percentage...but there are millions here nonetheless.

And by doing that he's saying don't blow us up...we are not all of the same beliefs in the USA...in which he is correct.

Read between the lines.

What's the most screwed up is that we are still fighting in 3 countries which contradicts what he is stating.

We need to get out of these countries.

A distraction? Possibly...and you can blame certain media pundits for running with it and making it as such.

In the meantime we are still funding a war that we don't have the money for as we bankrupt our country into poverty.

[edit on 3-6-2009 by David9176]

reply to post by WhatTheory

I think Barry has caught foot-in-mouth disease from Joe Biden. On the Biden gaff scale, this is about a 40. Come on Joe, you can't let Barry out-biden you now.

Originally posted by ModernAcademia
this is hardly news-worthy

Why? Because it's not about Bush.
It always seemed news worthy everytime Bush made a retarded comment.

who cares about religion man

The majority of Americans.
But this is not about religion. It's about Obama making intentionally disengenuous comments yet its ok because he is the Messiah.

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by WhatTheory

 

I think Barry has caught foot-in-mouth disease from Joe Biden. On the Biden gaff scale, this is about a 40. Come on Joe, you can't let Barry out-biden you now.

Excellent point!
This disease is more viral than the swine flu.

reply to post by ModernAcademia

who cares about religion man

Obviously Obama does.

Otherwise he wouldn't be given a Muslim speech.

[edit on 6/3/2009 by greeneyedleo]

reply to post by greeneyedleo


Heh

Homer Simpson moment for you!

Maybe he is adding in those other states . . . what is it, 57 states we have now?

reply to post by greeneyedleo


Your first source is TOP 50 by percentage.

But you still wouldn't find the US in the top 50 in real numbers.

Islam by country

According to my calculations, we are 55th.

China is 18th.

Russia is 19th.

France is 33rd.

Germany is 51st.

Obama's statement proves he's willing to say anything if he thinks it will buy him support.

He did it domestically and now he is attempting the same elsewhere.

EDIT:

This probably wont format properly, but it's still somewhat readable:

RANK Country or Territory   Population (2007)   Total number of Muslims  
1 Indonesia 234,693,997 207,000,105
2 Pakistan 176,242,949 164,741,924
3 India 1,166,079,217 156,254,615
4 Bangladesh 150,448,339 132,446,365
5 Egypt 80,335,036 75,514,933
6 Turkey 71,517,100 70,800,000
7 Nigeria 135,031,164 67,515,582
8 Iran 65,397,521 64,089,570
9 Ethiopia 76,511,887 34,430,349
10 Morocco 33,757,175 33,723,418
11 Algeria 33,769,668 32,999,884
12 Afghanistan 32,738,376 31,571,023
13 Sudan 39,379,358 27,565,551
14 Iraq 27,499,638 26,674,649
15 Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 24,564,924
16 Uzbekistan 27,780,059 24,446,452
17 Yemen 22,230,531 22,008,225
18 China 1,321,851,888 19,827,778
19 Russia 141,377,752 19,792,885
20 Syria 19,314,747 17,383,272
21 Tanzania 39,384,223 15,753,689
22 Malaysia 24,821,286 14,992,057
23 Niger 12,894,865 12,250,122
24 Senegal 12,521,851 11,895,758
25 Mali 11,995,402 10,795,862
26 Tunisia 10,276,158 10,070,635
27 Somalia 9,118,773 9,109,654
28 Guinea 9,947,814 8,455,642
29 Azerbaijan 8,120,247 7,795,437
30 Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409 7,205,364
31 Kazakhstan 15,284,929 7,183,917
32 Burkina Faso 14,326,203 7,163,102
33 France 63,718,187 6,371,819
34 Tajikistan 7,076,598 6,368,938
35 Libya 6,036,914 5,855,807
36 Jordan 6,053,193 5,750,533
37 Chad 9,885,661 5,041,678
38 Philippines 91,077,287 4,553,864
39 Turkmenistan 5,097,028 4,536,355
40 Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 4,227,319
41 Mozambique 20,905,585 4,181,117
42 Kenya 36,913,721 3,691,372
43 Sierra Leone 6,144,562 3,686,737
44 Uganda 30,262,610 3,661,775
45 Cameroon 18,060,382 3,612,076
46 Ghana 22,931,299 3,577,283
47 United Arab Emirates 4,444,011 3,377,448
48 West Bank and Gaza 4,018,332 3,365,079
49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 65,751,512 3,287,576
50 Mauritania 3,270,065 3,266,795
51 Germany 82,400,996 3,213,639
52 Thailand 65,068,149 2,993,135
53 Oman 3,204,897 2,969,658
54 Malawi 13,603,181 2,720,636
55 United States 301,139,947 2,350,000
56 Eritrea 4,906,585 2,189,567
57 Lebanon 3,826,018 2,142,570
58 Kuwait 2,505,559 2,004,447
59 United Kingdom 60,776,238 2,000,000
60 Kosovo 2,126,708 1,914,037
61 Myanmar 47,373,958 1,894,958
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 1,820,879
63 Benin 8,078,314 1,615,663
64 Gambia 1,688,359 1,603,941
65 Sri Lanka 20,926,315 1,464,842
66 Madagascar 19,448,815 1,361,417
67 Nepal 28,901,790 1,156,072
68 Togo 5,701,579 1,140,316
69 Israel 6,426,679 1,028,269
70 Netherlands 16,570,613 994,237
71 Spain 40,448,191 930,308
72 Bulgaria 7,322,858 893,389
73 Burundi 8,390,505 839,051
74 Italy 58,147,733 814,068
75 Qatar 907,229 703,102
76 Singapore 4,553,009 682,951
77 Canada 33,390,141 667,803
78 Guinea-Bissau 1,472,780 662,751
79 South Africa 43,997,828 659,967
80 Republic of Macedonia 2,055,915 657,893
81 Comoros 711,417 657,822
82 Central African Republic 4,369,038 655,356
83 Liberia 3,195,931 639,186
84 Argentina 40,482,000 604,529
85 Bahrain 708,573 575,361
86 Ukraine 46,299,862 500,000
87 Djibouti 496,374 491,410
88 Cambodia 13,995,904 489,857
89 Georgia 4,646,003 459,954
90 Rwanda 9,907,509 455,745
91 Belgium 10,392,226 415,689
92 Western Sahara 382,617 381,852
93 Maldives 369,031 366,853
94 Australia 21,007,310 347,381
95 Austria 8,199,783 344,391
96 Switzerland 7,554,661 324,850
97 Mexico 108,700,891 282,622
98 Sweden 9,031,088 270,933
99 Serbia 8,023,557 256,754
100 Brunei 374,577 239,729
101 Mauritius 1,250,882 212,650
102 Denmark 5,468,120 202,320
103 Mongolia 2,951,786 177,107
104 Montenegro 684,736 143,795
105 Cyprus 788,457 141,922
106 Greece 10,706,290 139,182
107 Zimbabwe 12,311,143 123,111
108 Japan 127,433,494 121,062
109 Zambia 11,477,447 114,774
110 Swaziland 1,133,066 113,307
111 Suriname 470,784 92,274
112 Venezuela 26,023,528 91,082
113 Angola 12,531,357 85,845
114 Norway 4,627,926 83,303
115 Republic of the Congo 3,800,610 76,012
116 Vietnam 85,262,356 67,357
117 Fiji 918,675 64,307
118 Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 61,283
119 Croatia 4,493,312 58,413
120 Guyana 769,095 55,375
121 Slovenia 2,009,245 48,222
122 Taiwan 22,858,872 45,717
123 Romania 22,276,056 44,552
124 Portugal 10,642,836 35,121
125 South Korea 49,044,790 35,000
126 Brazil 190,010,647 30,402
127 New Zealand 4,115,771 23,871
128 Lesotho 2,125,262 21,256
129 Finland 5,238,460 20,654
130 Ireland 4,109,086 20,135
131 Namibia 2,055,080 20,055
132 Gabon 1,454,867 14,549
133 Bhutan 2,327,849 11,639
134 East Timor 1,084,971 10,850
135 Colombia 44,379,598 10,651
136 Czech Republic 10,228,744 10,229
137 Panama 3,242,173 9,727
138 Belarus 9,724,723 9,724
139 Luxembourg 480,222 9,604
140 New Caledonia 221,943 8,878
141 Jamaica 2,780,132 5,560
142 Estonia 1,315,912 5,264
143 Puerto Rico 3,944,259 5,128
144 Costa Rica 4,133,884 4,134
145 Poland 38,518,241 3,852
146 Botswana 1,815,508 3,631
147 Chile 16,284,741 3,257
148 Hungary 9,956,108 3,201
149 Slovakia 5,447,502 3,051
150 Moldova 4,328,816 3,030
151 Cuba 11,394,043 3,000
152 Honduras 7,483,763 2,994
153 Lithuania 3,575,439 2,682
154 El Salvador 6,948,073 2,084
155 Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 2,029
156 Dominican Republic 9,365,818 1,873
157 Haiti 8,706,497 1,741
158 Belize 294,385 1,707
159 Guatemala 12,728,111 1,018
160 Bolivia 9,119,152 912
161 Peru 28,674,757 860
162 Paraguay 6,669,086 534
163 Nicaragua 5,675,356 454
164 Laos 6,521,998 424
165 Latvia 2,259,810 384
166 Uruguay 3,460,607 346
167 Iceland 301,931 302
168 Ecuador 13,755,680 275
169 Grenada 89,971 270
170 Vanuatu 208,900 209
171 Solomon Islands 566,842 200
172 Seychelles 81,895 172

(Resorted from the table I linked above.)

[edit on 4-6-2009 by loam]

reply to post by loam




[edit on 6/3/2009 by greeneyedleo]

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69 Israel 6,426,679 1,028,269

This is an outrage, why are they not in the Top 5 list, is this whole thing antisemitic oh common, i think its time Israel launched a full preemptive nuclear strike on all its neighbors.
roflmao

Originally posted by ModernAcademia
this is hardly news-worthy
But i bet there will be many responses

People like to discuss on distractions

who cares about religion man
what does that have to do with your freedom or pocket?

What is has to do with my freedom is that muslim nations are not known for their citizens having a lot of freedoms.

I saw snippets of this interview on BBC news, didn't believe my ears after Googling came up with this.

Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam.

"And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples."

Source
blogs.telegraph.co.uk...

He is not my President but the paying lip service to Islam is happening here in the UK.
Maybe the 'powers that be know the threat of extreme Islam is more of a threat than they tell us and appeasement is the only answer.


[edit on 4-6-2009 by dizzylizzy]

I never meet or saw or heard what a muslim was till 9/11 .

So sorry but i got shock.
Every time someone now says hey i am a muslim i hide the cleaning chemicals just incase they gonna make a mcgyver bomb lol

and i won't go to doctor's that are muslim....kinda crazy to do that it think.

Would you take you ford to a chevy repair person if they had alot of report's they blow fords up to make u buy chevy's?
no you wouldn't lol