Was Obama sworn in using a Qur'an?

Answer 1

In an attempt to smear Barack Obama it has been reported that he swore in on a Qur'an. This has been part of a larger attempt to demonize Obama among those who fear Muslims. The story is a complete fabrication.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is the congressman who swore in on the Qur'an. Barack Obama is a Christian, and he took the Oath of Office on a Bible. During his presidential inauguration, he swore in on The Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his first inauguration in 1861.

Answer 2

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is the congressman who swore in on the Koran. Barack Obama is a Christian, and he took the Oath of Office on a Bible.

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Answer 3

Barack Obama was NOT sworn in to the Senate on the Quran. He was sworn in on his own personal bible. When he lived in Indonesia, he happened to attend a primarily Muslim school but only b/c that was the school in his area. He has never been Muslim. He is a devout Christian. Conservatives started this rumor b/c they don't like him and his new ways of thinking, threatening their old boy networks.

Answer 4

No, this is an internet myth. There is a Muslim congressman named Keith Ellison (from Minnesota), but Barack Obama is not a Muslim, so he did not use the Koran when he was sworn in, whether in the Illinois Senate, U.S. Senate, or as President.

During his initial inauguration as president in 2008, he used the Lincoln Bible, due to its symbolism (Lincoln as the great Emancipator, who ended slavery; Barack Obama as the first black president in U.S. history). But when the oath was given by Chief Justice John Robert, during the president's inauguration, the chief justice made a mistake in the wording; Mr. Obama later retook his oath, but without the use of a bible.

Answer 5

No. Obama was sworn in using a Bible. In fact, I seem to recall that he was sworn into office using Abraham Lincoln's bible.

Follow-on question; is President Obama a Muslim? Technically, some Muslims would argue that he is; Barack Obama Senior was a Muslim, and I understand that in Islam, the children of a Muslim father are Muslim. Just as, for example, the children of a Jewish mother are Jewish.

But to the extent that President Obama has attended any church, he has attended Christian churches.

Answer 6

No, he did not. You are confusing him with Keith Ellison. Then-senator Obama took his oath on a Bible, since he is a Christian. But Keith Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota, converted to Islam many years ago, and he took his oath on his holy book, the Qur'an.

Answer 7

No. He was sworn in on his family bible. Obama is often confused with Keith Ellison, a Muslim who was sworn in on the Koran.

Answer 8

No! He is not Muslim, he is Christian.

Answer 9

Yes