Sorry. Hi middle name is the only connection. Realize that religion is simply a group of ideals. Then . with a straight face and sound mind , try to rationally say to yourself that , because his name was given to him by his African father , he automatically suscribes to those ideals. Religion is not genetic.
Hussein is not an Islamic name. It is a middle eastern name. Islam just happens to be the dominant religion in the middle east , as christianity is in the US.
If anything , he's more "American" ( I always found that one silly) than most of the people who are bigoted towards him because of his name and his father's religion. He was raised by his mother and grandmother in the "heartland". He busted his ass to get to Law School , then went back to the inner city to work with citizens. Sounds elitist huh?
If he was a Muslim he would be going to a mosque. Not a baptist church on the southside of the windy city. You ever seen him wearing a kuffy ?
Let's stop for a minute and ask ourselves :
What if , in other countries , Christianity was characterized by it's radicals and fanatics in the same manner of middle eastern Muslims? Let's say that when people in other countries hear christianity , they automatically think about David Koresh and Jim jones and the People's Church.
Unfortunately , people don't want to hear a clear , concise message from a straight shooter. They want to hear some excessively contrived rhetoric from some reticent panderer.
People would rather get their "news" and information from some dogmatic character like Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly (sp?) who hang on to every vestige of his names so called "connection" with Islam.
Sad.
