actually, al-qaida thinks its an insult for any American politician who is a Christian to be thought of as a muslim. Anyone who has interest in protecting Israel is an enemy of Al-Qaida. There was an MSNBC clip a while ago about the uproar over that Somali-elder garb Obama was pictured wearing. It wasnt just the US in an uproar, Al-Qaida basically said Obama was not worthy of being called a Muslim. I guess having al-Qaida hate you is a good thing? here's a report from a while back about al-qaida and obama:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/28/713681.aspx excerpt:

"In fact, Kohlmann added, al-Qaeda supporters are so insistent about their hatred for Obama that they have gone as far as to portray him as an "Iranian agent" secretly sent to take over the United States and fight a war against Sunni Muslims."