2008-05-12 President Apostate

2008-05-12 Edward Luttwak New York Times \Barack Obama/Muslim smear\Islam\2008 US presidential race http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/opinion/12luttwak.html President Apostate? Luttwak makes the case that Obama might be considered an apostate Muslim by Islamic law, and concludes that &ldquo;...of all the well-meaning desires projected on Senator Obama, the hope that he would decisively improve relations with the world's Muslims is the least realistic.&rdquo; Luttwak makes the case that Obama might be considered an apostate Muslim by Islamic law, and concludes &ldquo;That an Obama presidency would cause such complications in our dealings with the Islamic world is not likely to be a major factor with American voters, and the implication is not that it should be. But of all the well-meaning desires projected on Senator Obama, the hope that he would decisively improve relations with the world's Muslims is the least realistic.&rdquo; See the {{talkpage for commentary on this, including some apparent factual errors.  {{:project:code/show/link}} 