Fact Check: Iceland did not declare 'all religions as mental disorders'; it's a satirical piece

A screenshot of a news report is being shared on social media. The headline of the report read, “Iceland Declares All Religions Are Mental Disorder.”
The screenshot was shared by a lot of Facebook users and hence NewsMobile decided to fact check it.

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NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found that it is a satirical piece.
The article was originally posted by Patheos website under a section called ‘Laughing In Disbelief’. The article published on January 21, 2020, was however tagged under satire.

In the ‘about’ section, we found a page titled “ Is This Satire?” Under this section, the author of the article, Andrew Hall, clarified that the article is a satirical piece.

The above information proves that the above post is a satire.