{"id":106689,"date":"2021-11-09T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=106689"},"modified":"2023-01-14T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T12:54:29","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-maulana-spitting-on-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-maulana-spitting-on-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Does this video show a cleric spitting on food?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man scooping some food from large cooking pots and seemingly blowing on it and mixing it with the food in the pot has been shared on social media with the claim that he spat on the food. The video shows a <em>langar\u00a0<\/em>organised by the Muslim community. There are camera persons present at the venue and people can be heard saying &#8216;Amin&#8217; once the food is mixed in the pot.<\/p>\n<p>On January 13, BJP supporter Surendra Poonia shared the video and asked if anyone could explain this custom to him. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/VcMzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u0942\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e logic \u0939\u0948 \u092d\u093e\u0908 \ud83e\udd14?<br \/>\n\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u092e\u091d\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zu2xmjzQcQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Zu2xmjzQcQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MajorPoonia\/status\/1613751144429555712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Shared in the past as well<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The same video was viral in November 2021. BJP member Priti Gandhi was among those who had shared it then.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Need your valuable inputs, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoo_bear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zoo_bear<\/a>. Can you please verify &amp; fact check this video clip for our viewers?!<\/p>\n<p>Is that man actually spitting in the food that is ready to be served?? Why??<\/p>\n<p>And please don&#8217;t ignore my request like you did the last time. Thanks in advance!! :)) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j0HEOB5H62\">pic.twitter.com\/j0HEOB5H62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi &#8211; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1457438463783890945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Below are tweets by BJP spokespersons Gaurav Goel and Naveen Kumar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is ridiculous, person in the video spitting in the food. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnArNMRDqS\">pic.twitter.com\/MnArNMRDqS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goelgauravbjp\/status\/1457559564358864906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KBEirtc62n\">pic.twitter.com\/KBEirtc62n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naveen Kumar Jindal \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@naveenjindalbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naveenjindalbjp\/status\/1457592100929736704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several BJP supporters also amplified the claim that the man was spitting on the food.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WTF \ud83e\udd22\ud83e\udd2e<\/p>\n<p>Kindly fact check this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoo_bear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zoo_bear<\/a>, see if Maulana is spitting or what&#8230;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jiiMWfT2BM\">pic.twitter.com\/jiiMWfT2BM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BALA (@erbmjha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erbmjha\/status\/1457428685322031104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact Check: What is the ritual depicted in the video?<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News spoke with Haji Haneef Ullala, an aide of Ullal Qazi Fazal Koyamma Tangal, the person blowing on the food in the video. Ullala informed that a <em>langar\u00a0<\/em>was held on the occasion of <em>Urs\u00a0<\/em>observed from November 6 to 8 in Tajul Ulama Dargah in Kerala. Tajul Ulama, after whom the dargah is named, was a Sunni Muslim scholar in Kerala whose full name was Assayyid Abdul Rahman Al-Bukhari but he was popularly known as Ullal Thangal. He is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daijiworld.com\/news\/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=220533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">father<\/a> of Fazal Koyamma Tangal who is seen blowing on the food. Ullal Thangal <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mangaluru\/Ullal-qazi-Abdul-Rahman-passes-away\/articleshow\/29772651.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died in February 2014<\/a>. His death anniversary falls in November as per the Arabic calendar. Urs is a three-day event observed on the death anniversary of a religious head. It is practised by Sufi Sunni Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the food is prepared, the <em>Hazrat\u00a0<\/em>recites verses from the Quran and blows on the food. The ritual is followed both times &#8212; when the food is prepared in the afternoon and at night,&#8221; said Haji Haneef Ullala.<\/p>\n<p>Peerzada Altamash, Nizami of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, similarly told us, &#8220;The cleric is blowing on the food, not spitting. There are some in the community who follow this ritual. Even at other dargahs, some worshipers request for <em>Dum <\/em>(water that is blown upon after the recitation of Quranic verses). This is for <em>Barkat <\/em>(prosperity) and well-being. It&#8217;s to give <em>Fatiha<\/em> after the food is prepared. We don&#8217;t follow the ritual of blowing on food in our dargah. But it is followed by a few sects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-videos-falsely-shared-as-muslims-spitting-on-relief-food-during-coronavirus-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked a similar video viral in 2020<\/a> amid the outbreak of COVID. The video was shot pre-COVID but was being used to blame the Muslim community for spreading the virus by spitting on food. We had spoken to an Islamic scholar at the time who also said this is a practice where Quranic verses are read over the food to give Allah&#8217;s blessing to all. He further added, &#8220;We see a lot of people gathering outside mosques with sick children after the prayers are said. Worshippers who step out of the mosque after reading namaz are asked to blow air over these children as it is believed that it has <em>Barkat<\/em> bestowed by Allah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the practice of blowing on the food can be regarded as unhygienic, the claim that the video shows a maulana spitting on food is misleading.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to note that Surendra Poonia has been found sharing misinformation multiple times in the past. Related Alt News fact checks can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=surendra+poonia+site%3Aaltnews.in&amp;rlz=1C1UEAD_enIN1022IN1022&amp;oq=surendra+poonia+site%3Aaltnews.in&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.10354j0j15&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man scooping some food from large cooking pots and seemingly blowing on it and mixing it with the food in the pot has been shared on social media with the claim that he spat on the food. The video shows a langar\u00a0organised by the Muslim community. 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