Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has been dogged by a series of anonymous e-mails that question his faith and patriotism. Here's a sampling of the claims checked by PolitiFact.com, the fact-checking Web site of the St. Petersburg Times. For the full rulings, go to www.PolitiFact.com and click on Barack Obama.
CLAIM: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."
Ruling: He attended a public elementary school for two years in Jakarta, Indonesia, a largely Muslim country.
Claim: "While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches."
Ruling: This claim relies on a Time magazine photo where Obama is shown with his hands clasped in front of his waist. But he does not appear to be slouching and there's no evidence to suggest his posture was an antipatriotic statement.
Claim: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
Ruling: Obama used his personal Bible when he was sworn into the U.S. Senate in 2005 and, before that, into the state Senate of Illinois.
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