This post will present our results one more time and conclude our blog for this class.

All in all one can say that we have found out many interesting things about religion during the elections in the United States 2008 and in Germany 2009. One can say that religion is not covered in Germany as much as in America. Mostly Religion is not covered at all in Germany, but most people do not seem to be interested anymore which would be a result of religion in Germany in general. About 50 years there were more people religious than today which could also be a reason why there are not as many people interested in religion in politics and do not necessarily assume that they both belong together.

On the other hand the people in the United States seem to be very much interested in religion in politics. Most people care about religion a lot which is due to the high number of religious people in the U.S.. Since many people value religion a lot, more people care about what is done in politics with it as well.

Is Obama Muslim? Germany

This post will try to figure out in how far the media in germany covered the topic that Obama is a muslim. I researched on the internet to look for some articles and I have also talked to some people and asked if they nkew something about this rumor.
First, I thas to be said that not many people know something about this rumor in germany and if they do know something it is often that they only heard once or twice in very short articles about that. This is also what I have figured out by looking for articles in the german newspapers. There were a few articles which covered this topic but they do not really ask the question if Obama is a muslim. They only pointed out American's reaction to that rumor.
I have found one article which tells the numbers how many people in the U.S. believed the rumor. It says that 14 percent of the republicans, 10 percent of the democrats and 8 percent of the independents believed in this rumor. Furthermore it says that mostly those who do not want Obama to be president believed in this rumor.http://www.welt.de/politik/article1845642/Jeder_Zehnte_haelt_Obama_fuer_einen_Moslem.html
All in all you can say that in germany there was no big debate about this topic and it was not interesting for the people if Obama is a muslim but if the Americans think so.

Obama Muslim? U.S 2008

During the elections 2008 in the U.S there was this rumour about Obama being a muslim. People paid much attention to this rumour. It started already in 2004 but during the elections 2008 during the general election phase it could be read everywhere. There was a high presence of it in the media as well as in the minds of the people. It never fully disappeared throughout the election and about 30% of the religion-related campaigns covered this topic.
After this rumour most people paid attention to the Obama's campaign's efforts to set the record straight. Two women wearing head scarves were removed by staff members from the camera view at a campaign rally in order to get rid of the belief about Obama being a muslim.

Furthermore did they set up a website to help people identify and root out inaccuracies about the candidate's religious believes.

This rumour shows how much people pay attention to religion in the USA especially during the elections and how political careers could possibly be ruined by such rumours as well, because people tend to believe them and care about them a lot, too.