Obama likes Allah or snakes.

Many requests in the comments, many threads. I chose the one with the reptile angle.

Obama's in trouble now!

World Net Daily has the latest crazy Obama conspiracy - his ring is Muslim! Close to the election, this kind of paranoia is not a good idea. But Jerome Corsi has books to sell, and Freepers can't help themselves.

mojito has seen all he needs:

I’ve looked at it. And lots of examples of Arabic calligraphy in many styles.

It’s not just “squiggles.”

The lower half is clearly “Allah.” The strokes line up exactly.

plain talk sees that Obama isn't a real man:

Real men just wear solid gold bands. I don’t know what the “snakes” symbolize but that is one strange wedding ring for a man to wear.

Noob1999 has uncovered Obama's reptilian nature:

Jeez, I just looked at my finger skin through a magnifying glass. I don’t have that type of skin!

What’s up with the reptilian like creases in his finger skin?

UCANSEE2 has important questions:

The ring appears to be handcrafted from multiple bands of wire. It was probably made in Pakistan or Indonesia. He likely purchased while there, at a time in his life that made it special to him, and so he still wears it. Maybe someone special gave it to him. Who knows?

Is this the ring that Obama had ‘in the shop’ being repaired, or was that his other wedding ring? Is the photo before or after any such repairs ?

Those are the important questions.

UCANSEE2 also knows rings make you gay:

I wonder why he wore the ring on his left ring finger in his younger years.
Worn on the left finger, means you are gay and looking.

Worn on the right means gay, but married a beard, so be cool.

To be fair, he probably isn't taking these things seriously.

TheThirdRuffian is found to be insufficiently rational for this post:

I personally agree that Obama is a muslim. I mean, the guy said so to Steffie, can recite the conversion prayer, acts like a muslim, hates Israel, etc. Pretty obvious Obama’s a muslim.

But this ring is not anything more than a ring.

Hardraade knows that everything Obama does that disproves Muslimness is easily explained away: I would also note that muslim men are forbidden from wearing gold, at all, and typically do not wear wedding rings.

But Osama wore a huge gold ring.

Muslim rules are broken as easily as they are made.

Eva sees a Ramadan connection:

He takes it off every year for Ramadan and claims to be sending it to the jewelers for repair. Actually, I think that Michelle may do the same thing, but I cannot remember for sure. It’s just not something, that I have paid much attention to.

Terry Mross has a great idea:

At the next debate Romney should say “Mr. President, that is a beautiful ring. I’ve never seen one like it. Where did you get it?” The press would have to comment on it. Of course they’d say it’s a ring supporting dog lovers.