Economy, Business & Finance
Starbucks never pledged to hire 10,000 Muslims
In 2017 then-CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz pledged to hire 10,000 refugees globally, not specifically Muslims. Read
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Islam
Facts, commentary and analysis about Muslims and Islam
Culture & Society
Video of children being taught Muslim prayers does not show a school in England
A video being shared with captions suggesting it shows children at an English school being taught about Salah was actually filmed at an Islamic pre-school in Australia. Read
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World
False claim Muslim majority countries don’t host refugees recirculates
A false claim that no Muslim countries accept refugees is being shared again on social media. Read
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Culture & Society
Video of Muslims praying in Tube carriage is fake
A video circulating online, which appears to show a number of people praying in the middle of a London Underground train, is not genuine, it is AI-generated. Read
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Politics
False claim Sadiq Khan is building 40,000 homes ‘for Muslims only’ circulates online again
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London previously told us that this claim is “completely false”. Read
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Culture & Society
Video of a woman in a niqab being told to leave Tesco is an AI fake
A viral video showing a security guard asking a woman in a niqab to leave a Tesco store isn’t genuine footage. Tesco confirmed this is not real store policy. Read
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Europe
Video of Italian Prime Minister saying Sharia law won’t be allowed in Italy is AI-generated
A video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying "we won’t allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy" circulating online is an AI-generated deepfake. Read
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Politics
Photo of Andy Burnham edited to include several women wearing Islamic dress
The real image of Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament was posted by Labour’s Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell MP, and does not feature several women at the front in Islamic dress. Read
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Culture & Society
Video of ‘British Muslims’ marching for ‘halal standards’ is an AI fake
The video, which claims to depict massive crowds that have ‘shut down London’ with a march demanding halal food standards, has hundreds of comments from people who mistakenly believe it to be real. Read
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Culture & Society
AI images from Beaver Scouts mosque visit circulate online
Genuine footage of a Beaver Scout group visiting a mosque in Scotland has gone viral recently. But some images claiming to show the visit have been made with AI. Read
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