I just saw this and if you received this I want you to send the truth back with the message: and the truth shall set you free OMG, will it never end ? Heres the truth and hopefully the truth shall set you free : A widely viewed video seems to show President Obama stating that he is a Muslim. It is false, and the product of dishonest editing. Although it is titled Obama Admits He Is A Muslim, the president in fact has admitted no such thing. The video edits and twists his actual words, sometimes turning what were denials into false confessions. For example, it edits out the words I’m a Christian from one quote and my Christian faith from another. It shows him quoting from the Quran, but snips out his quotes from the Bible and the Talmud. Although the video gives no citations and no dates, we have tracked down the full quotes from the various appearances. In the Analysis section that follows, we take the video section by section, comparing the edited quotes and graphics with the full reality of what Obama actually said. We doubt many will take this nasty bit of misrepresentation seriously. Nevertheless, it provides an interesting case study of malicious editing. Analysis We’ve received many queries about this video, which has amassed more than 1 million views since it was posted Aug. 7. It is titled Obama Admits He Is A Muslim and is just over nine-and-a-half minutes long. It blends edited snippets of Obama’s own words from various appearances as a candidate and as president, with on-screen graphics giving the editorial opinions of the video’s creator. Obama’s Muslim Roots The first section opens with a portion of the address the president gave April 6, 2009, to the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. Edited quote: Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country — I know, because I am one of them. Full quote: The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country — I know, because I am one of them. When Obama says I am one of them, he was speaking not of Muslims but of other Americans. He was making a distinction between Muslim Americans and non-Muslims who either have Muslim relatives or have lived in a country (such as Turkey) where the population is predominately Muslim. The video next shows a snippet of a speech Obama gave June 4 at Cairo University in Egypt. Edited quote: My father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan [call to prayer] at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk. Full quote: I’m a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk. Far from admitting he’s a Muslim, Obama says I’m a Christian. But the video’s creator leaves that on the cutting room floor.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:33:53 +0000
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