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  • 2018-01-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Federal Agents Raid a Mosque in Michigan? (en)
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  • In January 2018, the self-described satirical web site ReaganWasRight.com published the inflammatory and false claim that a federal law enforcement raid on a mosque in Michigan had disrupted the next 9-11 and led to the arrest of several ISIS combatants: The article is a fabrication. We could find no corroboration for any recent raid on any mosque in the state of Michigan, least of all one disrupting a plot to launch a series of suicide attacks. The article includes a fabricated quote from the Department of Refugee Affairs, an agency that does not exist in the United States at the federal level or in the state of Michigan. The hyperlinked source for that fabricated quote leads to a meme saying Just a friendly reminder that YOU are a bag of douche. ReaganWasRight.com is affiliated with several fake news and satire sites run by Christopher Blair, who writes under a variety of pseudonyms (including Flagg Eagleton, the one used in this story). These web sites include the Last Line of Defense and As American as Apple Pie. A disclaimer on ReaganWasRight.com makes it clear that the web site publishes exclusively fictional and false claims: Despite the satirical ethos of the web site, this article plays into fears and misconceptions about the city of Dearborn, Michigan, and its relatively high Muslim population. In recent years, fake news web sites have targeted the city's Muslim community with false, outrageous and inflammatory stories, including claims that Dearborn had implemented Sharia law and banned alcohol, and that the city's Muslims had marched in favor of ISIS (they had held an anti-ISIS rally). (en)
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