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Fact Check – Did Sharifa Alkhateeb Discuss Long Term Plans to Convert America to Islam?
A video entitled “Sharifa Alkhateeb Talks About Using Public Schools to Convert America to Islam” is currently being shared via social media. It features Muslim writer and activist Sharifa Alkhateeb discussing long term plans to convert America to Islam.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 20, 2019
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Hoax – Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Papacy to Convert to Islam
The claims in the message are nonsense. The message is derived from a story first published in February 2013 on satirical news site “Dead Seriousness”. All of the stories published on the site are entirely fictional.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 8, 2013
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Islamic Punishment Protest Email – Photos of Boy’s Arm Being Crushed Under Car Wheel
While the photographs themselves are genuine, the event they show had nothing whatsoever to do with Islamic law and was not a punishment for stealing. In reality, the stunt was a street performance conducted for the entertainment of onlookers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 12, 2009
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Moon Split Miracle Chain Letter
This story was first published on September 7, 2010
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 2, 2018
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Protest Message – Prison Sentence for Spray Painting Poppy on Mosque
This message, which has circulated for several years, protests against apparent inconsistencies regarding sentences handed down for religious or racially motivated vandalism offences.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 4, 2011
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Muslim Protest Photographs – Pictures From London
The photographs are genuine. The rally shown in the images took place in London on February 3, 2006 when some in the Muslim community gathered to protest against the publication of cartoons in the Danish press that were considered to be insulting to the…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 13, 2010
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HOAX – ‘Belgium Mayor Explains Why he Refused to Ban Pork From School Canteens’
The claims in the message are untrue. It is a hoax that first began circulating in 2013. No such letter was ever sent to parents. And Mayor Marc Duvivier has stated that the municipality never received any demands or requests to ban pork from canteens and the…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 12, 2014
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Recycled Hoax Falsely Claims Maryborough Mayor Refused to Remove Pork From School Canteens After Muslim Demands
According to a message that is being passed around via social media, the blogosphere, and email, the mayor of the Australian city of Maryborough has refused to comply to the demands of the local Muslim community to remove pork from school cafeterias in the…
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Bigoted and Nonsensical Message Claims That You Can Stop Mosques Being Built By Not Leaving 'Religion' Blank on 2016 Australian Census
According to a rather breathless ALL CAPS message that is circulating via social media and email, non-Muslim Australians should not leave the ‘Religion’ section blank on the upcoming 2016 census because this will lead to more mosques being built in Australia.
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HOAX – ‘Dorval, Quebec Mayor Refuses to Remove Pork From School Canteens’
The message is a hoax. The Dorval mayor did not write the words attributed to him and made no such comments. A news release on the Dorval City website denounced the message as false.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 11, 2015
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False Story Claims 450 Gaza Grooms Wed Girls Under Ten in Mass Muslim Marriage
False – Text and photographs blatantly misrepresent the true nature of the mass marriage. The little girls in the photographs are not the brides Messages like the example included above are currently circulating via email and have also been posted to a great…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 5, 2009
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False Protest Message Claims Picture Shows 500 Christians Burned By Muslim Terrorists
The photograph is genuine, but it does not show the aftermath of a terrorist attack, but rather the bodies of people burned in a fuel tanker explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jan 10, 2013
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