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President Obama: Muslim Hero

According to a six month Gallup survey, President Obama is very popular with only one group of Americans, Muslims, registering an astounding 72 percent approval rating. It is a much different story among all Americans as the President scores a weak 43 percent approval rating.

This new data is from a survey of Americans with religious affiliations that compiled information from 88,000 interviews over the January 1-June 30, 2014 time period. Among all Americans, even Muslims, the President's approval rating has dropped between five and seven percentage points in the past six months compared to his five year average.

Whereas the vast majority of Muslims love President Obama, Mormons are very disapproving of his leadership and give him only an 18 percent approval rating. Overall, Christians are not very supportive of the President's agenda with Catholics giving Obama a 44 percent approval rating and Protestants only registering 37 percent support.

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It is a different story with Jewish voters with 55 percent approving of President Obama. While this is strong Jewish support, it does reflect a decline of 7 percentage points from his five-year average.

In general, the President does much better with non-Christian voters than with Christian voters. Even though the President has professed his Christian faith, it is obvious that many Christians do not believe his policies are in line with the teachings of their church.

In contrast, Muslims, strongly support the President, even though he has denied following Islam. Muslim Americans have seen the President demonstrate unwavering support for the Palestinian cause, advocate the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and other countries and show support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

He clearly supported the overthrow of American ally Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and lunatic Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Whereas the Muslim Brotherhood installed a religious dictatorship in Egypt and plunged the country into turmoil, chaos erupted in Libya and the country is still lawless today.

The President's statements regarding their faith have obviously heartened Muslim Americans. During his speech to the Turkish Parliament on April 6, 2009, the President said that, "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans." On June 4, 2009, the President addressed students at Cairo University. He said, "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." He also remarked that he knew "Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed."

In a 2007 interview with The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof wrote that "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."

Finally, Americans Muslims have surely not forgotten Obama's famous speech to the Sojourners on June 28, 2007. He said, "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation – at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers."

All together, Barack Obama's actions, speeches and interviews paint the picture of a much different President than this country has ever known. While Muslims are very supportive of his policies, a strong majority of Christians are unhappy. Since America is still 75 percent Christian, the President's overall approval rating will not improve until he starts to score better with Christian voters. This rocky relationship does not show any signs of improving any time soon.

Jeff Crouere is a native of New Orleans, LA and he is the host of a Louisiana based program, "Ringside Politics," which airs at 7:30 p.m. Fri. and 10:00 p.m. Sun. on WLAE-TV 32, a PBS station, and 7 till 11 a.m. weekdays on WGSO 990 AM in New Orleans and the Northshore. For more information, visit his web site at www.ringsidepolitics.com. E-mail him at jeff@ringsidepolitics.com.

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