Latest Fact-Checks In Islam

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Hillary Mann Leverett
Hillary Mann Leverett
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview on CNN
ISIS sends out "90,000 social (media) messages a day."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2015
Molly White
Molly White
stated on February 3, 2015 an online statement
The group that organized Texas Muslim Capitol Day in Austin "was recently listed as one of 82 organizations designated as a terrorist group by the United Arab Emirates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2015
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet on Twitter
"Since 9/11, right-wing extremists (incl anti-abortion, anti-gov) have killed more Americans than Islamic extremists."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 8, 2015
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on October 15, 2014 a YouTube video
"We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 6, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2014
Dean Obeidallah
Dean Obeidallah
stated on October 6, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive.
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2014
Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan
stated on September 29, 2014 an interview on "CNN Tonight"
Says female genital mutilation is "a central African problem," not an Islamic problem, as Bill Maher suggested.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 2, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 4, 2014 an op-ed for Time magazine
In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 12, 2014 a segment on "Hannity"
"When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 30, 2014 in various social media posts
"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show'
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014
Bloggers
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 27, 2013 blog posts
"Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 3, 2013
John DePetro
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.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013
Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on October 9, 2012 a campaign ad
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • September 26, 2012
BillHislam.com
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 a chain email
"This year President Obama canceled the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of ‘not wanting to offend anyone.' BUT … on September 25, 2009 from 4 AM until 7 PM, a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was HELD on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House."  
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • February 9, 2012
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