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325. A Muslim woman was set on fire in New York. Now just going out requires courage / A Muslim woman was set on fire in New York. The Guardian assumed it was a hate crime. The next day, it published another story saying a man had set several women alight, and only one of them was a Musl / 2016-09-13
326. New York Muslim woman set on fire was not target of hate crime, New York police say / A man who set fire to a Muslim woman in New York also inflamed several kaffir females, so it wasn't an anti-Muslim hate crime, police say. / 2016-09-14
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Type of hoax: crime but not hate crime
Date: 2016-09-12
Location: New York NY
Summary: A Muslim woman was set on fire in New York. The Guardian assumed it was a hate crime. The next day, it published another story saying a man had set several women alight, and only one of them was a Muslim, so it wasn't a hate crime.