Madonna tries to explain her "black Muslim" comment about President Obama Isn't it ironic? Madonna insists her reference to President Barack Obama as a "black Muslim" is. During a Monday show at Washington D.C."s Verizon Center, Madge turned political for an on-stage four-more-years pitch, defending fallen leaders like Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. while making a plea for freedom to her cheering crowd. "Now, it's so amazing and incredible to think that we have an African-American in the White House," she said. We have a black Muslim in the White House ... it means there is hope in this country, and Obama is fighting for gay rights, so support the man. But the 54-year-old pop star is standing by her seemingly erroneously statement about Obama - widely acknowledged as a practicing Christian - after it sparked backlash, saying the controversial comment was just facetious. What was her explanation? "I was being ironic on stage," she said in a statement issued via her spokeswoman. Yes, I know Obama is not a Muslim - though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is. "And what if he were?" she reasoned. The point I was making is that a good man is a good man, no matter who he prays to. I don't care what religion Obama is - nor should anyone else in America. Madonna has not be shy about voicing her support of Obama's reelection, evening displaying a tattoo on her lower back on Monday reading, "OBAMA."