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    Notre Dame Fire Fuels Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theory

    by Angelo Fichera Apr 17, 2019 2 minutes
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    A website cites an erroneous tweet, innuendo and unrelated events to falsely suggest there were “Muslim ties” to the Notre Dame fire.

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    The devastating fire that ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 prompted unsubstantiated rumors online about who or what was to blame.

    By Tuesday, for example, the website of  Fox News commentator Kevin Jackson had zeroed in on

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