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On 24 June 2016, preacher Michael Chitwood shared a video on his Facebook page along with a misleading and fear-mongering description of what the footage depicted (i.e., a mass gathering of radical Muslims with a giant picture of Jesus Christ beheaded): Despite Chitwood's claims, this video does not depict radical Islamists, nor does the painting featured in the video represent a decpitated Jesus Christ. This video captures Shia Muslims at the end of a religious procession, and the painting depicts Imam Hussain, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, who was killed at the Battle of Karbala. The video is also several years old. Niraj Warikoo, a writer for the Detroit Free Presscovered the event when it took place in 2009: This footage has nothing to do with radical Islamists celebrating the decapitation of Jesus Christ; it captures a group of Shi'ite Muslims mourning the death of Imam Hussain at the culmination of a procession for Arbaeen: Although Dearborn, Michigan, does have a large population of Muslims, the city did not implement Shariah Law, host a pro-Isis rally, open a ISIS Sympathetic Youth Center, or post a sign promising to kill all Americans on a Mosque.
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