“Richest Man in America, John Ford, converted to Islam”
What FACTLY found
he photo of the person is rumoured to be of a US Army leader who was saying the Shahada (prayer of initiation into the faith) in a video that had gone viral in 2018 in Oman. The name of the person could not be identified. There is no person named ‘John Ford’ in ‘The 10 Richest People in America From 2010-2021’ list given by Forbes. There are no recent news articles which say that the richest man in America, John Ford had converted to Islam
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2022, 13 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.