Fact Check: This news report on Belgium Islam Party's plans to form Islamic State is a decade old
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The news report was from 2012. A leader from the party at the time did make such a statement after they won a municipal election in Belgium's capital, Brussels.
A Russia Today video report went viral on Twitter with the claims that in Belgium, the newly formed Islam Party planned to form an Islamic State there.
In the video, the news anchor mentioned that the party planned to contest the national elections that would take place two years later. The anchor then spoke to a Belgian MP about his views on the matter.
One tweet alongside the video wrote, “If they win elections, Islamic party is demanding to declare Belgium an Islamic country & follow Sharia law. Huge protests have already started.”
The archived version of the post can be seen here.
The India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the claim was misleading. This Russia Today report was from 2012. A leader from the party at the time did make such a statement after they won a municipal election in Belgium's capital, Brussels.
A Google search revealed a longer version of the same video, uploaded to multiple YouTube channels in 2012.
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