{"id":829,"date":"2012-12-23T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=829"},"modified":"2012-12-28T20:36:31","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:36:31","slug":"fox-news-made-me-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/12\/23\/fox-news-made-me-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"“Fox News Made Me Do It”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“An Indiana man who pleaded guilty yesterday to setting an Ohio mosque on fire told a judge he was motivated by media accounts \u2013 specifically those on Fox News \u2013 suggesting Muslims were threatening Americans and were in control of parts of the federal government,” reports<\/a> the Southern Poverty Law Center on Salon.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen asked if he knew any Muslims or about the Islamic faith, he said he did not; he knew only what he got from Fox News, and he did know that \u2018they don\u2019t believe in Jesus Christ as the savior,\u2019\u201d [Mahjabeen] Islam said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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