Ahrcanum

Hussein or Husein is, I think is Obama’s middle name, it was also the name of his Kenyan Muslim dad.   Kind of a nice honor to be named after a relative but over the last election campaign I recall him accepting apologies as if it was an insult when people said his full name as Barrack Hussein Obama.  I also recall that in the Muslim faith if your dad is a Muslim, you are a Muslim.  Obama says he is a Christian and after 20 years of Reverend Wright’s sermons it must be so, and he said so. 

Is it supposed to remind us of Saddam Hussein, the dead Iraqi leader?  Hussein in Arabic means very beautiful.  Barrack or Baraq is Arabic also meaning blessing. Obama comes from Swahili, the Arabic language of parts of East Africa especially referring to members of the Luo tribe who have converted to Islam.  I can only hope that “blessing, the good” is not prophetic in our election. 

For more on pronunciations and history of words check out http://www.studylight.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=01288 

Barack Hussein Obama, Juniors name is a perfectly good East African Muslim Name.  Like Anthony Soprano is a perfectly good Italian name.  

Barry Baraq Mohammad Hussein Sottero Obama – American citizen. Or is it Baraq or Barrack, or it it Hussein or Hussein or Hussain.   

Whatever you call him, please don’t call that one,  Mr. President. 

I’d much prefer Sidney–John McCain’s middle name.