Videos showing violence against woman take little time to be circulated with ‘love jihad’ claims in India. Two videos have recently been shared with similar communal overtones. In the first,…
False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow
Around the first week of April, several social media users posted an image of a policeman interrogating a couple, while passers-by record the incident on phone cameras. The image has…
Old video of woman counselling same faith married couple viral with ‘love jihad’ spin
Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government enacted new anti-conversion legislation last month, aimed at preventing marriages between Muslim men and Hindu woman in the garb of combating ‘love jihad’ cases. The…
Graphic images of unsolved murder in Haryana viral with baseless ‘love jihad’ spin
Last month, several Twitter and Facebook users shared three images of a woman’s dead body found in a suitcase. The images are graphic, viewer discretion is advised. The viral text associated…
Explicit video of gym workout from Trinidad & Tobago viral with ‘love jihad’ spin in India
An explicit video that shows a fitness instructor touching a woman inappropriately in a public gym is being shared with a ‘love Jihad’ spin. “This gym is owned by ‘jihadi’…
Video of father removing turban during daughter’s marriage viral with ‘love jihad’ spin
Last week, right-wing writer Renee Lynn tweeted a video and claimed a Hindu woman was deceived into marrying a Muslim man. Lynn has been found spreading misinformation on several occasions….
Domestic violence case from Bangladesh given a ‘love Jihad’ spin in India
A few pictures of an unknown woman have been going viral on social media with claims that she is a victim of love jihad. In the first picture, she is…
Old case of Muslim woman’s ‘honour’ killing revived as Hindu girl killed in ‘love Jihad’
A picture of a woman’s corpse along with a wedding card from an interfaith marriage has taken both Twitter and Facebook by storm. While sharing these photos, users have been…
Video of woman hacked to death in Brazil revived with ‘love Jihad’ claim
A video of a woman gagged, tied and hacked to death with an axe has been widely shared on social media with the claim that she was a victim of…
Right wing groups film minors, give false ‘love Jihad’ angle to birthday parties held in Bhopal
Since September 3, several Twitter and Facebook users have posted multiple videos where members of right-wing fringe groups Sanskriti Bachao Manch and Bajrang Dal are moral policing children. They can…