Toronto-based Imam says he was target of 'fake' Hurricane Harvey news

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A Toronto-area imam says he was the target of a fake news story about Hurricane Harvey that was widely circulated online.

Mississauga Imam, Ibrahim Hindy, tweeted two screen-grabbed images of news stories that he says wrongly features his face. He posted them with the caption, "That's me in the picture. I've never been to Texas before."

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The headlines on the stories he shared were, "BREAKING: Texas mosque refuses to help refugees: 'Allah forbids helping infidels," and "Hurricane victims storm and occupy Texas mosque who refused to help Christians."

In a Facebook post, Hindy wrote, "Apparently some alt-right/anti-Muslim website made up a story about a Texas Mosque refusing to help non-Muslim Hurricane Harvey victims and used my picture for their made up story!"

His social media posts have since gotten thousands of likes, shares, and retweets.

Hindy told Huffington Post that he decided to speak out because he wanted to confront those who use false stories to divide people.

See photos of people taking shelter in Houston during Hurricane Harvey.