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Chain email stated on January 30, 2012 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske• February 9, 2012

Bloggers stated on September 27, 2013 in blog posts:

"Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month."

By Becky Bowers• October 3, 2013

Kendrick Meek stated on August 15, 2010 in a televised debate in Miami.:

"There’s a mosque inside of the Pentagon."

By Laura Figueroa• August 20, 2010

Hank Williams Jr. stated on September 02, 2012 in a concert in Fort Worth.:

Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 4, 2012

18% of the American public stated on August 19, 2010 in a Pew Research Center poll:

President Obama is a Muslim.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2010

David Dewhurst stated on September 26, 2014 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:

"Prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border in the brush."

By Dylan Baddour• October 19, 2014

Bloggers stated on March 20, 2019 in a social media post:

"American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day."

By Miriam Valverde• April 2, 2019

Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2016 in a multitude of Facebook posts:

"Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 29, 2016

Al Hunt stated on August 22, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"This is not a mosque. It's a cultural center that has a prayer area."

By Robert Farley• August 23, 2010

Victoria Taft stated on December 27, 2010 in a website posting:

Says a Portland school gives Muslim students "their own school provided prayer room, prayer rugs," and lets them "out of class five times a day to pray to Allah."

By Ian K. Kullgren• January 23, 2011

Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says NASCAR “bans the confederate flag but FORCES all their drivers to do Muslim prayer.”

By Samantha Putterman• June 18, 2020

Chain email stated on October 01, 2007 in :

"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 20, 2007

Gordon Robertson stated on April 23, 2011 in a TV interview.:

President Obama was "raised Muslim."

By Sean Gorman• April 28, 2011

Franklin Graham stated on August 19, 2010 in an interview on CNN:

"The seed of Muslim is passed through the father."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2010

Instagram posts stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Muslim BTS fan accidentally plays the song 'Dynamite' instead of Azaan on loudspeakers at 4am; gets arrested.”

By Bill McCarthy• July 1, 2021

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

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

By Joshua Gillin• February 24, 2015

Sean Hannity stated on April 08, 2015 in a broadcast the Sean Hannity radio show:

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

By Jon Greenberg• April 9, 2015

Duncan Hunter stated on September 05, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H.:

Guantanamo detainees "get taxpayer-paid-for prayer rugs…they had honey-glazed chicken and rice pilaf."

By Bill Adair• September 10, 2007

Bloggers stated on January 30, 2020 in a blog post:

“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2020

Pray in Jesus Name Project stated on May 17, 2009 in an advertisement :

"The Pentagon under the Obama administration has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan."

By Robert Farley• May 18, 2009

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