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[quote=Anonymous][quote=takoma]To the poster(s) skeptical about Catholic and Muslim presidents:

I'm curious what lesson about Catholic presidents we learned from Kennedy.  That they tend to be assassinated in office?  Any thoughts about Biden?  Is Bush's Catholicism a significant part of how you'd judge him?

More seriously, I had my differences with Kennedy (over Viet Nam, for example), but I don't see that to have been related to his religion.

[b]As to Muslim presidents, India had a Muslim president from 2002 to 2007, despite its a history of Hindu/Muslim tension.  Turkey now has a Muslim president, although Turkish Kurds may not feel that he has done much for their democratic rights.  Indonesia is anther Muslim Republic.  
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PS - I assume "tenant" was the result of a spellchecker that thought tenants are more common than tenets?[/quote]

Hardly the best examples: India's president fulfills a figure-head role much like the queen does in the UK. Turkey had a good example for decades with Ataturk but have been headed into a less tolerant version of Islam with Erdogan. The same is true of Malaysia with Razak who is steering his country into increasing tensions with its non-Muslim minorities. Indonesia has not been exactly been a haven for moderation when it comes to its attitude towards Islam.

So, the record for moderation and being able to separate Islam and the governing of a country is quite abysmal.

The constitution does not prevent a Muslim from becoming president but I'd need to be convinced that a Muslim is able to separate his faith from how he runs the country. This is no less a factor when it comes to a Christian or any other faith but it would be foolish to ignore the track record of nations with Muslim leaders.[/quote]

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