Religion can arouse strong feelings. Antisemitism and other forms of group hatred can trigger heated discussions, and a combination of the two is a recipe for clicks. With it, a userwho claimed to be leveraging their X account to earn money ("funded by X payouts") surpassed the 1 million "views" mark within 18 hours of posting.

Claim: "The ADL has listed Christianity as an extremist, terrorist & bigoted group."

As alleged proof, the user posted a screenshot of the ADL website. On it, the words "Christian Identity" can be seen in bold print in an entry filed with the keywords "Terrorism, Extremism and Bigotry."

The post has been shared more than 4,000 times in various languages and countries. It has been particularly successful with accounts that spread antisemitic content.

DW fact check: False

The screenshot does show the actual website of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a US-based nonprofit that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination. But in this case, "Christian Identity" does not refer to the identity of Christians per se, but rather the Christian Identity movement.

Christian Identity (CID) is a movement that the ADL has described "as a religious ideology popular in extreme right-wing circles." In a 1989 document, the FBI, the US domestic intelligence and security service, stated that CID was spreading a message of "racial........

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