Muslim-American Olympian Who Claimed to be Detained Because of Trump Travel Ban was Detained Under Obama
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The Associated Press
by DYLAN GWINN
What do you get when you combine fake news with fake victimhood? Well, you get this story.
A story involving Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. Olympian and first Muslim-American female to win gold for the United States who is also an American citizen born and raised in New Jersey, claimed last week that she had been detained and questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents for two hours without explanation.
Muhammad made this claim on February 7th, saying her detention occurred only a “few weeks ago,” putting her incident right around the time of President Trump’s inauguration. Which, because fact-checking is something the mainstream media only does when it serves their cause, led to many in the media to characterize the story as a Muslim-A...