Fact Check: UK’s Starmer op-ed headline on Islam in The Guardian is fake
Politics,Social Media,The Guardian,Islam,LGBTQ Issues
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An image shared online purporting to show an opinion column headline written by Britain’s opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer about Islam and the LGBTQ+ community is fake.
The fabricated headline reads: “Islam has embraced the LGBTQ+ community. My aim is to get Britain to embrace Islam,” and is found in an image, opens new tab copying the layout of The Guardian newspaper. The image also features a headshot of Starmer.
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