I am one of them

“The United States has been enriched by Muslim-Americans,” Barack Obama said. “Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country.

“I know,” he said, “because I am one of them.”

Lived abroad as a child, relocated to the Great Lakes Basin, speaks Bahasa Malaysia, named after the Prophet’s family… I couldn’t possibly feel more direct personal affinity for Barack Obama unless it turned out he, too, had a Black Jewish cousin. Hang on a minute!

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Official organ of an American Muslim in Malaysian Borneo, featuring plants, pantuns and pictures from the Malay archipelago. Oversharing since 2002.

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