How many times (as a youth) did Barack Hussein Obama pray to Mecca?

We all know that he joined a church at the age of 27 because it was politically expedient to do so, but my question goes back further than that.

When BHO was growing up in Kenya and Indonesia, where his father was Muslim, his stepfather was Muslim, his Grandmother was Muslim, his school registration had him being Muslim. How many times did he pray to Mecca?

2008-03-01T06:06:29Z

All Indonesian students are required to study religion at school and a young Barry Soetoro, being a Muslim, would have been required to study Islam daily in school.

He would have been taught to read and write Arabic, to recite his prayers properly, to read and recite from the Quran and to study the laws of Islam.

In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama mentions studying the Quran and describes the public school as "a Muslim school."

2008-03-01T06:11:24Z

From a story quoting a LA Times article that is no longer available:

The childhood friends say Obama sometimes went to Friday prayers at the local mosque. "We prayed but not really seriously, just following actions done by older people in the mosque. But as kids, we loved to meet our friends and went to the mosque together and played, said Zulfin Adi, who describes himself as among Obama's closest childhood friends.

"His mother often went to the church, but Barry was Muslim. He went to the mosque," Adi said.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/179905/campaign_now_says_barak_hussein_obama.html

2008-03-01T06:14:00Z

To the poster that believes Islam and Christianity share the same God: Go to Mecca and tell that to an Islamic Cleric and see if you still keep your head.

Allah =/= Jehovah.

There are too many details to go to in here, suffice to say, you should look it up and discover for yourself.

2008-03-01T06:15:33Z

Why is it inconsiderate to refer to a candidate by his middle name? Ever hear of William Jefferson Clinton? How about John Fitzgerald Kennedy or Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

Why is Barack afraid?

Anonymous2008-03-01T05:49:35Z

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a lot

But the real question should be: does he still pray to Mecca? I don't think we know that. Only he knows. And if he does, he's not gonna tell us.

Sir Singleton2008-03-01T05:44:33Z

Mecca VS Buddha VS God VS The Goddesses

A Royal Rumble indeed.

Exclusive [♥]2008-03-01T06:11:45Z

Does it really matter i pray towards Mecca. These questions are so stupid no offense religion does not have to effect the fact that he may be a good president people are just scared and inconsiderate because of the fact Hussein is his middle name and so forth.

ashleyrobinson2008-03-01T05:51:16Z

you see, in america, we have freedom of religion. NOT freedom from religion. did you have a problem with eisenhower being president. it wasn't widely known, but he was a jew. do you have a problem with that? are you catholic? if not, did you have a problem with jfk? muslims, jews and christians all worship the same god, has the same stories in each book. muslims and christians actually are closer to each other than christians and jews. at least muslims acknowledge the existance of Christ and the miracles surrounding him. muslims even put Christ as the highest of all the profits, including mohammad. why don't you ask a jew what his thoughts of Christ are? it matters not what direction obama faced when he prayed. by the way, muslims pray to God, FACING mecca. they don't actually pray to a city. what a retarded question.

lifelong republican for the record. now a ron paul republican.

ktrb2008-03-01T05:44:36Z

His school registration actually doesn't show him as a Muslim, since the school in question had mixed Christian, Jewish and Muslim enrollment. No one has ever found a reputable source that clearly states he ever practiced Islam -- there are just a lot of ignorant people reporting something they read "somewhere on the interwebs."

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