Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times reported last year: "Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset‘".

The following is the Arabic transliteration and the English translation of what you hear:

Allahu Akbar
Allah is Great
(said four times)

Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God (Allah).
(said two times)

Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
(said two times)

Hayya ‘ala-s-Salah
Hurry to the prayer (Rise up for prayer)
(said two times)

Hayya ‘ala-l-Falah
Hurry to success (Rise up for Salvation)
(said two times)

Allahu Akbar
Allah is Great
[said two times]

La ilaha illa Allah
There is no god except the One God (Allah)

“I was a little Jakarta street kid,” Obama told Kristof. The writer then adds: "He once got in trouble for making faces during Koran study classes in his elementary school, but a president is less likely to stereotype Muslims as fanatics — and more likely to be aware of their nationalism — if he once studied the Koran with them".

One year later…

"Obama’s campaign aides have emphasized his strong Christian beliefs and downplayed any Islamic connection. The Illinois senator was raised ‘in a secular household in Indonesia by his stepfather and mother,’ his chief spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said in a statement in January after false reports began circulating that Obama had attended a radical madrasa, or Koranic school, as a child. ‘To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago,’ Gibbs’ Jan. 24 statement said."

Of course not! Of course he’s not a Muslim! It’s just that after 46 years of never being a Muslim, Obama simply can’t get the words to the Islamic Adhan out of his head…

Obama’s religion shouldn’t be the issue here, but his campaign’s highly defensive stance makes the insinuation of being Muslim seem downright dirty. He either was a Muslim and is lying, or he wasn’t and chooses to denigrate the religion to prove it. Either way: disgraceful. Not exactly the attitude one would expect from the ‘Great Unifier’. Just how much is Barack Obama willing to throw under the bus so he can become President? More importantly, does anyone know who this guy really is? Please, if you find out, let me know…