First of all, keep in mind that when his stepfather filled out the form, it wasn’t under penalty of perjury. The form wasn’t legally-binding, though it was Senator Obama’s official school registration. You can find an original image, taken by a confirmed AP photographer, here.
The controversial information from Obama’s school registration:
- Obama was registed not as “Barack Hussein Obama” as he is with the Illinois bar, but rather as “Barry Soetoro”. Soetoro is the last name of his stepfather, Lolo.
- Obama is registered not as an American citizen, but rather as an Indonesian citizen born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.
- Obama’s recorded religion is Islam, not Christianity.
An English translation in full and a close-up of the above linked pic can be found here. Regardless of whether the stepfather’s claims at the time were accurate or not, this won’t do anything to help soothe the curiousity of many already convinved Obama was Muslim.


by Stephan Tawney on August 15, 2008