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Seven Million, Wrong Denominator: Benny Johnson on Islam and Slavery
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Benny Johnson said seven million people are enslaved worldwide, all of them in Africa, all in Islamic nations. That is Walk Free's regional figure for Africa alone.
The global estimate is 50 million, and the largest populations are in India, China and North Korea. Verdict: false. Truth score 0.08, confidence 0.88.
On 5 August 2026, hours after Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, Benny Johnson told his audience that "Islam is, in fact, the only institution on Earth that maintains the slavery practice to this very…
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