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FACT CHECK: Did A Women Use Her Pit Bull To Target Muslim Refugees?

Post Shared by X A woman claims she intentionally drove her XL Bully around Berlin, Germany, to scare Muslim refugees.

A German girl decides to rough up refugees and walks her pit bull in a Muslim neighborhood in Berlin. Dogs are considered “haram” in Islam.

Notice how they all look scared. 😂

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— Dr. Maalouf @realMaalouf October 8, 2024

The video has been cropped to remove facial expressions and was filmed in Cologne rather than Berlin. The original video shows that not all people who were near the dog were scared.

Fact check:

Post made with X A German woman claims she deliberately let her pit bull walk around Berlin to scare Muslim refugees. The caption reads: “A German girl decides to rough up refugees and walks her pit bull in a Muslim neighborhood in Berlin. Dogs are considered ‘haram’ in Islam. Notice how they all look scared. 😂”

This claim is misleading. of video It has been cropped to not include facial expressions. of original video People near the dog didn’t seem to be afraid. (Related: Fact check: Video shows 2003 Baghdad bombing, not Israeli attack)

The owner of the original video posted a second video of his dog on TikTok. a caption that says“Also leute wirklich traurig, dass so ein video zur Hetze gegen egal wen betrieben wird.” Check Your Fact used Google Translate to translate this caption. when translated into englishThe caption reads: “Guys, it’s really sad when a video like this is used to incite hatred against someone.”

of post They also claim that the video shows a woman and her dog walking in Berlin. a location tag The original video shows a woman and her dog walking around Cologne. of video also matches google map view Cologne.

Reuters also Error exposed This claim.

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