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Fifth of Americans think Obama is Muslim
4:40pm Thursday 19th August 2010 in
Nearly a fifth of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to a US poll out today.
The number who think he is a Muslim is now 18%, up from the 11% who said so in March 2009. The proportion who correctly say he is a Christian is down to 34%.
The largest share of people, 43%, said they don’t know his religion, an increase from the 34% who said that in early 2009.
The survey, conducted by the non-partisan Pew Research Centre and its affiliated Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, is based on interviews conducted before the controversy over whether Muslims should be permitted to construct a mosque near the World Trade Centre site.
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