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Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2020 a Facebook post:

Trump re-signed 1952 law “making Muslamic law illegal”

By Emily Venezky • May 22, 2020

Viral image
stated on February 18, 2020 a YouTube post:

Says 20 million Chinese converted to Islam after it’s proven that the coronavirus doesn’t affect Muslims.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2020

Viral image
stated on May 8, 2019 a Facebook post:

"The city of Minneapolis has set up a Sharia hotline for residents to report citizens who criticize Islam, in order to prosecute them for ‘hate crimes.’"

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2019

Viral image
stated on May 6, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says a photo of a young girl crying alongside an ISIS member is a Christian being forced into sexual slavery as a child bride.

By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on May 3, 2019 a Facebook post:

Quotes Valerie Jarrett as saying she is an "Iranian by birth" and seeks to "change America to be a more Islamic country"

By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 19, 2019 a Facebook post:

An image of a woman buried up to her neck and drinking a spoonful of water was from Iran and taken just before she was "stoned to death" under Sharia Law.

By Samantha Putterman • April 23, 2019

Chain email
stated on December 5, 2017 a chain email:

Says Russian President Vladimir Putin got a standing ovation from the Duma after he gave a speech saying Muslims are "taking over" other countries but won't take over Russia.

By Sophie Kaplan • December 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2017 a fake news article:

"Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"

By Greg Auman, Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017

Roy Moore
stated on August 14, 2017 an interview with Vox.com:

"There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2017

Bloggers
stated on June 30, 2017 a blog post:

Says "CNN host Fareed Zakaria calls for jihad rape of white women."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2017

Bloggers
stated on June 24, 2017 Internet posts:

Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.

By John Kruzel • July 3, 2017

Social Media
stated on November 8, 2016 a viral Tweet:

Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."

By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016

Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.:

"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."

By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015

Bloggers
stated on April 30, 2014 in various social media posts:

"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."

By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2014

Bloggers
stated on December 7, 2013 viral posts on the Internet:

School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2013

Bloggers
stated on September 27, 2013 blog posts:

"Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month."

By Becky Bowers • October 3, 2013

John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 a comment on WPRO radio.:

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper ad:

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force courts to accept Islamic Sharia law in domestic disputes."

By Jon Greenberg • September 26, 2012

BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 a Web posting:

Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."

By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012

Herman Cain
stated on May 24, 2011 an interview on the Glenn Beck Program radio show:

"I did not say that I would not have them [Muslims] in my Cabinet."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 8, 2011

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