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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 16, 2024 a Threads post:
Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 31, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 9, 2024 an X post:
Video shows Muslim migrants in Sweden destroying property because an Israeli singer took part in Eurovision.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • May 15, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2023 a Facebook post:
Video shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2021 a Facebook post:
A Canadian mayor said Muslims must integrate after they “demanded removal of pork in all school canteens in Montreal.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
Trump re-signed 1952 law “making Muslamic law illegal”
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • May 22, 2020
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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.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2020
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Viral image
stated on January 16, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says if you take the oath of office on the Koran, “then you have committed treason.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2020 a blog post:
“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2018 a Facebook post:
Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says North Carolina banned and criminalized "Islamic Sharia Law"
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 23, 2019
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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.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2019
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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.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2019
Facebook posts
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"
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2019
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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.  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 23, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on March 23, 2019 a speech:
Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2019
Chain email
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Kaplan • December 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2017 a fake news article:
"Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"  
Pants on Fire!
By Greg Auman, Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017
Roy Moore
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 30, 2017 a blog post:
Says "CNN host Fareed Zakaria calls for jihad rape of white women."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 24, 2017 Internet posts:
Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • July 3, 2017
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