The Fatwa on Barack Obama

Some of the obnoxious denizens of FreeRepublic claimed Obama *must* be a secret Muslim because if he had truly abandoned Islam for Christianity, he would be considered an apostate and someone would kill him.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing--yes, there are schools of Islamic thought that demand death for apostates, but do most Muslims really care, let alone care enough to go after a complete stranger in another country?

Something more realistic might be that some Islamist leader puts a fatwa on Barack Obama like the Ayatollah put on Salman Rushdie, claiming he was an apostate from Islam and must die. I imagine it would be relatively recent, since Obama was not a major figure until he became a U.S. Senator.

Now what?
 

Typo

Banned
It's not like the people who would follow such a fatwa didn't want the POTUS dead anyways, not much besides publicity really.
 

Valdemar II

Banned
Unless it happenfrom a governmentel organistion in a Islamic country, it would have little effect. But if the the same organisation which declared a Fatwa against Rushdi it would result in a major negative change in the relationship between Iran and USA, quite likely it would be seen as a declaration of war, of course this is ASB, because not even Iran at it worst is so stupid.
 
Some of the obnoxious denizens of FreeRepublic claimed Obama *must* be a secret Muslim because if he had truly abandoned Islam for Christianity, he would be considered an apostate and someone would kill him.
Except that Barack Obama is formerly an atheist, not a Muslim. And his father was an atheist too.
 
Al Quaeda or some other ultra group making such a threat will have limited impact. (I hope and believe that the US Secret Service are taking particular care of this protectee anyway)

If some group linked with a state, as happened in the case of Rushdie, made such a threat the consequences would be horrendous.

I think the old guys who actually run Iran would not be so stupid. I guess if some other Islamic group managed to take state power somewhere else they might be able to provoke the US into war with such a threat.
 
If there wasn't a fatwa on Dubya of all people, it think it's a little unlikely that there'll be one on Obama.
 
I think Leo posted something on the topic and IIRC, it is a possiblity. let's say a Saudi priest does it...
 
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