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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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