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9 recorded statements, the most serious of them calls for violence. Across 3 countries.

Statements. Nothing to check, so these carry a severity instead.

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What was said

The Islamic State's spokesman told followers to keep attacking Jewish and Christian targets, and pointed at the dead as proof it works.

Who it targets

Jewish people and Christians

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What was said

He filmed himself on a New York street leading a chant about a massacre of Jews.

Who it targets

Jewish people

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What was said

A streamer with a million followers told them to identify every American Jew and plan to arrest them.

Who it targets

American Jews

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ThreateningUSProtected groups
What was said

A single post recast every Muslim on earth as under orders to kill Jews and Christians.

Who it targets

Muslims as a whole

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What was said

In front of a crowd estimated at 60,000, he said he would stop Islam and that it was time for many Muslims to leave.

Who it targets

Muslims in Britain

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What was said

For an audience of six million, she said today's Jews are impostors wearing the religion as a costume.

Who it targets

Jewish people

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What was said

The claim that Sharia is taking over America moved through Congress, two state houses, two attorneys general, and a primary ballot in five months.

Who it targets

Muslims in the United States

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What was said

A state government mailed every California voter a pamphlet describing non-Jews as livestock to be enslaved.

Who it targets

Jewish people

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What was said

A sitting lieutenant governor said he hates Islam and called on others to hate it too.

Who it targets

Muslims in Indiana and beyond

Claims we tested, and the roundups that collect them.

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Cross-borderReligion What we found

Thirty-nine of the 59 confirmed items target Jewish people. Every script that reached the top severity tier targets Muslims.

The catch

The heaviest cluster of the half-year isn't a set of posts. It's a hearing, a bill, a ballot measure, and a signed law.

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