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“Molenbik town (Belgium) is the first European town with a 100 percent Muslim population”
Social media posts Claim dated 17 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

No official information regarding the religious composition of the Molenbeek population was found in the Belgium official census. Various estimates in the last 4-5 years have put the Muslim population in Molenbeek to be around 25-45 percent. Also, no credible information regarding the other comments in the post was found. However, Molenbeek has been identified to be in connection with Islamic extremism on various occasions

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 17 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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