steve40 Loc: Asheville/Canton, NC, USA

I knew what Obama was, the night I saw his post election speech. Also there are no innocent Muslims. Like someone else said, if you are an infidel (not muslim), it is their duty according to their Koran, to convert or kill you.

So far their number has been insufficient, to be in the open with this. But allow their numbers to increase, and you will find out. They need to be all rounded up, and deported back to the country of choice. Where their more radical brothers will do them in also.

Islam is no religion of peace, or love for your fellow man. It is a dictate for murder, and war. And of course the fundamentals of oppression, an suppression.

mwoods222 Loc: Newburg N.Y,

The first hint this is bogus is we killed millions of muslems.

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

More right wing nonsense passed off as real. You should be ashamed of yourself.

RustyEire

Jaysus, Blurry. I can understand most of the ignorant yahoos yammering in this forum buying this nonsense, but I thought you were a little less gullible than the average Wingnut Goober. Gonna have to reevaluate. . . .

eddiew0924 Loc: MA

This is the kind of crap that gets posted almost on a daily basis. People read what they want and run with it without regard as to whether it is true or not. You don't have to like Obama--that's your right but please don't keep putting trash like this out there to prove your ignorance.
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School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.

Bloggers on Saturday, December 7th, 2013 in viral posts on the Internet



Viral post claims Barack Obama has begun a 'nationwide Muslim outreach program' for schoolkids

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This is one of many conservative blogs that posted a story that said President Barack Obama had announced a “nationwide Muslim outreach program."


Several readers recently asked us to check a claim that’s been spreading widely through chain emails and on social media -- that the Obama administration is pursuing a "nationwide Muslim outreach program for children" in grades K through 12.

Here’s some of the text that usually accompanies the claim:

"At a press conference today, President Obama announced plans for the first ever federally funded Muslim outreach program. The program will be available nationwide for all elementary school students grade K-12 beginning February 1st, 2014. The program is designed to educate children about the fundamentals of the Muslim religion and Islamic belief.

"President Obama spoke with reporters to explain why it is so important that these outreach programs exist. ‘The Muslim community deserves our full understanding and respect,’ Obama said. ‘We have killed millions of Muslims overseas since the September 11th attacks. These folks are not all bad. In fact, most of them are hard-working citizens just like you and me. I encourage every student in America to participate in your school’s Muslim outreach program. Learn about the Muslim community, the beauty of the Sunnah and the magic of the Qur’an.’"

The item cited "35-year-old Paul Horner, a teacher at Starks Elementary School in Louisiana," who purportedly told MSNBC that he is "excited about the new program," because "if Becky has a D+ in math she can take a three week after-school class on the Qur’an and would then have an A in Math. That’s a win-win for everyone!"

It closed by urging any parents of students who "would like to volunteer and teach the Muslim religion" to "call the Nationwide Muslim Youth Outreach hotline at (202) 863-8500."

This all sounded fishy to us, so we checked with the White House, which confirmed that no such press conference had ever happened. Nor was there any such program.

We also rooted around the Internet and discovered that a portion of the text originated with an "article" in the National Report, a satire website. In fact, when we fact-checked the previous iteration of the claim from National Report in October 2013 -- that "Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month" -- we rated that Pants on Fire.

This is only the latest example of satire passed off as truth on the Internet. We took a detailed look at the phenomenon here.

The recently circulating item about the Muslim outreach program included some of the same language as the National Report item, but it was substantially rewritten. Not only was the topic somewhat different, but the quote from "Horner" was added, among other things. (The website of Starks High School in Starks, La., -- which includes students from K-12 -- does not include any staff member by that name.)

In addition, the phone number listed as being for the "Nationwide Muslim Youth Outreach hotline" was actually the phone number of the Republican National Committee. RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski confirmed that the RNC had nothing to do with the piece. "We’ve gotten calls from people giving us a heads up about this. We didn’t have anything to do with this and are telling people as much when they call," she said.

The furthest back we could trace the language was to a Dec. 7, 2013, post on the website Conservative Frontline. While the National Report acknowledges that its stories "are not reflective of the fine journalistic and editorial integrity of National Report" and at one time included a disclaimer that that "all news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news," we could not find any indication that Conservative Frontline is designed to be a satire site. It includes an array of articles from a conservative perspective and sometimes conspiracy theories, but does not appear to be full of satire articles. From there it spread through conservative blogs, passed off, apparently, as truth.

Conservative Frontline did not offer any contact information on its website, so we were unable to reach its staff.

Our ruling

Social media posts have reprinted or linked to a story titled, "Obama Administration Announces Nationwide Muslim Outreach Program For Children Grades K-12," that claims, among other things, that school children can earn higher grades for studying Islam. It’s not true. No such program exists. In fact, part of the story has been recycled from a previous satire article that we and others debunked. We rate this claim Pants on Fire.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

The site alone is enough to prove this BS!

dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

What gets me is that some people actually believe this stuff.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

I think more so than they actually believe what they read it is simply another chance to spout off their silly childish insults aimed at our President.

They do it just to see the reaction here, best thing to do is simply ignore them and let them wallow in the immaturity
they create.

pkricker Loc: Woodstock, NY, USA

According to the CIA's fact book 23% of the world's population are Muslims. That's quite a few people to have making an all-out effort to kill every Christian they can without more results. Seems to me they must be pretty inept....or perhaps....Surprise surprise - the charge isn't true. There are a tiny handful of fundamentalist Muslims who advocate killing Christians. Probably about the same percentage as the percentage of fundamentalist Christians who advocate killing all Muslims. The Koran, just as the Bible, can be mis-quoted and misinterpreted to justify all kinds of nonsense.

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

You are really wrong on this one. There was no such press conference and the whole article is false. Maybe you should take a long look at what you think is true.

bigshot Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Reverse the logic and you have the foundation for another Crusades.