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The claim: Posts claim a Palestinian Muslim migrant burned down a church in New Brunswick.

FalseReligion, Crime, Immigration
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Church fires and threats to religious communities are deeply concerning, and people naturally want to understand what happened and why.

The bigger picture

AFP found that posts making this claim fabricated both the suspect's identity and background. The details about the person's nationality and religion were invented and do not match the actual incident.

Checked by AFP Fact Check (“False”) · 2026

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