As I write today’s blog, President Barack Hussein Obama (peace be upon him) and Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are appearing in a joint press conference in Jakarta.  Obama is scheduled to be in the country possessing the highest Muslim population in the world through tomorrow.  However, his trip may be cut short due to the danger of volcanic ash from multiple eruptions of Mount Merapi, the world’s most active volcano.  And,  just now, according to Fox News,  a 5.1 earthquake has been reported in Indonesia, close to where the president is speaking.  Hmmmm.

This is the second leg of the president’s 9 day trip, which is turning out to be another Muslim outreach mission.  Imagine that.

Tomorrow, Scooter is supposed to visit the Istiqlal Mosque, the national mosque of Indonesia and the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.  He will then deliver a speech at the University of Indonesia.  Following that he will lay a wreath at Heroes Cemetary.  Wednesday is an Indonesian holiday named National Heroes Day.

Funny, the last two years he hasn’t gone to Arlington to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider on America’s Veterans Day.  He’s had VP Biden do it.  But I digress…

While Obama was in India, a couple of interesting stories  hit the wires.  The president was a St. Xavier’s College on Sunday morning, answering questions from the yutes.

Answering a student’s question about his feelings concerning jihad, he said that he regretted that the “great religion” of Islam has been distorted by a few extremists to justify violence towards innocent people and called for isolating these elements.

Scooter also said that people will have to fundamentally reject the notion that violence is the way to mediate differences among them:

I think all of us have to fundamentally reject the notion that violence is the way to mediate our differences.

I think all of us recognise that this great religion (Islam) in the hands of a few extremists has been distorted to justify violence towards innocent people that is never justified.

So, one of the challenges the world faces is how to “isolate” those who have these distorted notions of religious war…and reaffirm those who see faces of all sorts whether you are a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian and a Jew or any other religion that we can all treat each other with respect and mutual dignity.

Why does Obama always dance around questions concerning Muslim Terrorism? Why did he originally have his minions begin referring to acts of  jihad as “man-caused disasters”?  

Perhaps it all goes back to his time in Jakarta. From ages six to 10, Barack Obama, Jr., attended a private school for well-off families in Jakarta. While there, Obama attended Muslim prayer sessions with his classmates against the wishes of his mother.

Scooter’s former third grade teacher said that “Barry”, who attended the Menteng One school in Jakarta, studied the Koran and went to classes on Islam, despite the objections of Ann Dunham, a Catholic and “professional” activist.

His teacher, Effendi, taught at Menteng One for 29 years. She remembers Barry as a “fat, curly-haired, curious boy”. The school served an international mix of pupils, including Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims.

Our present POTUS attended classes on Islam while the Christians attended classes on Christianity, said Effendi. Barry, he said, was alone among the pupils in that he insisted on attending both.

According to Effendi:

His mother did not like him learning Islam, although his father was a Muslim. Sometimes she came to the school; she was angry with the religious teacher and said ‘Why did you teach him the Koran?’

 But he kept going to the classes because he was interested in Islam. He would also join the other pupils for Muslim prayers.

That would explain this reaction that CBS got from Muslims in Great Britain shortly about Obama’s Election:

But, why were Muslims happy, if Obama was raised in a Christian home, as he said to Larry King in July of 2008?

Presently, the number of Americans who believe that Obama is a Muslim has risen to one out of five.

As a Christian man, I would never even consider participating in a Muslim prayer service.  I would be respectful, but I would not participate.  Muhammad is not my Lord and Savior.  Nor, would I have sat for over 20 years under the teachings of a racist theologian teaching that Jesus Christ was a revolutionary like Che’ and singing the praises of collective salvation and social justice.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 was not just an overwhelming smackdown of Obama’s failed economic policies, it also clearly demonstrated a dissatisfaction with his foreign initiatives as well.  The clear fact is, after 2 years of this nightmare of a presidency, Americans still do not exactly who this guy is.  But, we’re getting more clues every day.