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In January 2017, several disreputable and spammy web sites such as Focus News, Ultimate Flash News, and My Food Epic published nearly identical articles claiming that Muslim leader Mustafa Carroll had made a shocking statement at a Muslim rally in Texas when he said that Sharia law was greater than the constitution: While these article were all published in January 2017, most likely to capitalize on the controversy surrounding the arguably misnamed Muslim ban imposed by President Trump, these web sites simply rehashed a (since deleted) article published by the Supreme Patriot web site back in December 2015. Even the original was an outdated news item, however, as the event it referred to took place in 2013. The photograph included with this article (shown above) also does not show Mustafa Carroll. Carroll, the executive director of the Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), can be seen in his profile picture below: Carroll's statement was also taken out of context. According to the Texas Tribune, Carroll (during a Texas Muslim Capitol Day event in a 2013) was explaining how following the law of the land was an element of Sharia law: Carroll told the newspaper that he was aware of how his message was misunderstood, and added that he did not intend to imply that Muslims should ignore the laws of the United States:
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