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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:57 PM Jan 2015

Muslim no-go zones

Now that Bobby Jindal has brought this looney, nutbag conspiracy out as well I decided to do a little research on the subject.

After typing "muslim no go zones" into the Google machine I found one of the top results to be some weird blog called, "snopes."

Here is what Snopes had to say:

Claim: A number of localities in the United States, France, and Britain are considered Muslim "no-go zones" (operating under Sharia Law) where local laws are not applicable.

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Examples:

On Fox and elsewhere it's been reported that there are 751 "no go zones" in France where non-Muslims aren't allowed and only Sharia law is enforced. Also, Dearborn, Michigan is rumored to be governed by Sharia law and (alternatively) is a "no go zone".

Origins: On 7 January 2015, gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killing
12 employees and wounding several others in an attack by terrorists who reportedly said they were avenging the prophet Muhammad. Concerns about Islamic extremists intensified in the tragedy's aftermath and reinvigorated a long-circulating rumor involving Muslim "no go zones" in cities in both the United States and Europe.

The belief that large neighborhoods or entire towns and cities have been effectively placed outside local rule of law is in no way new: variations of the rumor have circulated since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, but the rumor received both heightened attention and increased saturation after a controversial Fox News segment on 11 January 2015.

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Now that this idiotic falsehood is put to bed I hope Fox News can focus on actual important items like the 22 jihadist terrorist training camps operating in the U.S.