Barack Obama is a Moslem-Fiction!

Summary of eRumor:

Various stories and questions about Barack Obama.

The Truth:

Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in February, 2007. As with other high profile politicians there are stories and questions that began circulating on the Internet about him.

There are several emails circulating that, in different ways, say that Obama is Muslim.

In December 2009 a new rumor began circulating with a photo of the President saying that he was preparing to pray with Muslims at the Whitehouse in Washington DC during a Muslim prayer event in September 2009. The photo was taken several months before in April 2009 while the President was removing his shoes to visit a mosque in Turkey.