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According to 20% of us, at least:
The revelation that his 88-year-old Kenyan grandmother Sarah Omar prayed for him to switch faiths follows a poll which found one in five believes he is a Muslim.
Mrs Omar was on a pilgrimage to Mecca with her son, Mr Obama’s uncle, Saeed Hussein Obama. During her visit, she reportedly told a Saudi newspaper: ‘I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam.’
Can we take the word of a grandmother, at least?
After all, if a story is in a paper overseas, it's open to massive speculation and repetition here at home, right?
