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State law taken out of context

Says North Carolina banned and criminalized "Islamic Sharia Law"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

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"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.’"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, May 10th, 2019

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Photo is from a Quran recitation competition

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Says a photo of a young girl crying alongside an ISIS member is a Christian being forced into sexual slavery as a child bride.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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Not a single shred of evidence

Quotes Valerie Jarrett as saying she is an "Iranian by birth" and seeks to "change America to be a more Islamic country"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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The woman was protesting in Colombia

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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.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019