Oh, oh, trouble. Obama's an apostate.

One argument that has been advanced for electing Barack Obama to be president instead of Hillary Clinton is that Obama would be so  much more popular in the Muslim world.  Afterall, Obama's father was Muslim, right?  (Nevermind that he turned into a nonbeliever later on.)

That argument sounded resonable to me until I read Edward N. Luttwak's op ed in the New York Times today.   As Luttwak points out,  Obama was born to a Muslim father, which under Muslim law made him a Muslim.   But, here's the bad part:  Later on in life, Obama became a Christian, which under Muslim law makes him an apostate.   

Turns out being an apostate is not such a good thing under Muslim law.  In fact, it's the worst of all crimes that a Muslim can commit, worse than murder even.  So, what's the penalty for apostasy, you ask.  Are you ready for this?  It's beheading at the hands of a cleric, although in recent years people have been stoned to death or hanged.

While it is unlikely that any Muslim government would try to prosecute President Obama for his crime, Luttwak points out that Muslim law prohibits punishment for an individual Muslim who kills an apostate.  Muslim law also prohibits interference with such a killing, which would be a problem if President Obama wanted to make state visits to Muslim countries. (It would be sinful for Islamic security guards to protect him.)

Read Lutwak's article.  It's  enough to scare you.