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Volusia County Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2017 in an email:

"The United States Department of Education has introduced an Islamic indoctrination program for the public schools, called ‘Access Islam.’ "

False

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 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."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on October 3, 2016 a debate:

"With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America."

Mostly True

By Allie Morris • October 24, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 an interview:

Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2016

American Unity PAC
stated on August 30, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.

False

By Nadia Pflaum • September 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2016 remarks in Reno:

"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

Pat Robertson
stated on June 27, 2016 a TV broadcast:

President Barack Obama attended "an Islamic madrassa."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • July 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech responding to the Orlando shooting:

"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."

Mostly True

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet:

Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on December 7, 2015 a campaign statement:

Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on November 17, 2015 Network TV interview:

In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • December 9, 2015

Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 In a viral YouTube video:

A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.

Mostly False

By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 14, 2015 a news conference.:

Says President Barack Obama "will not utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’"

True

By Sean Gorman • November 30, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC:

The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."

Half-True

By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File":

There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015

Matthew Dowd
stated on September 20, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2015

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."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on April 8, 2015 a broadcast the Sean Hannity radio show:

"You can’t build a Christian church in Saudi Arabia."

True

By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015

Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com:

"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015

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