A Look at Some Widely-Spread Falsehoods About Muslims
Mislabeled footage of an aggressive “Muslim migrant” shared by President Donald Trump is just one more hoax in a long line of fabricated anti-Islam stories. Anti-Muslim fervor has been bubbling for years in the United States and Europe, periodically stoked by elected officials and media outlets. Most of these tropes — usually involving the “outraged […]
FAKE NEWS: Muslim Migrant Beats Up a Dutch Boy on Crutches?
A video of a teenager beating up a person on crutches was shared by President Donald Trump along with the claim that the antagonist is a “Muslim migrant”. CLAIM A “Muslim migrant” beats up a boy on crutches in a video posted to a site in the Netherlands. SNOPES RATING – FALSE ORIGIN On 29 […]
When is a Muslim not a Muslim, a terrorist not Islam?
CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 19, 2017 – When Barack Obama was president, he never missed an opportunity to observe that Islamic terrorists were not “real” Muslims. By implication, “real” Muslims can be pigeonholed into a definitive category. What exactly is a “real” Muslim? By Obama’s definition, Osama bin Laden was not a true Muslim. So why […]
American Muslims: Facts vs. Fiction
A New Film by Unity Productions Foundation UPF has conducted dozens of trainings, engagements, film screenings, and interviews in the past few years at various government agencies and community forums. Over and over, ordinary Americans ask us a set of questions about their American Muslim neighbors that reveal a pattern of expectations framed by the […]