{"id":108799,"date":"2021-12-16T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=108799"},"modified":"2021-12-16T17:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:31:55","slug":"old-image-falsely-viral-as-34-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-falsely-viral-as-34-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image falsely viral as 34 Muslim families convert to Hinduism in UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi converted to Hindusim on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ghaziabad\/former-shia-waqf-board-chairman-wasim-rizvi-adopts-sanatan-dharma-rechristened-as-jitendra-narayan-singh-tyagi\/articleshow\/88122474.cms\">December 6<\/a>. In the backdrop of this, several social media users have shared an image of a Hindu priest surrounded by Muslim men along with the claim that after Rizvi&#8217;s conversion 34 Muslim families converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh. The claim is viral ahead of UP Legislative Assembly scheduled to be held in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>[Viral text: \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 34 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092e\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u092a\u0938\u0940 \u0964 \u091c\u092f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092e\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udea9 \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0939\u0948\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udea9]<\/p>\n<p>Several Facebook users posted this claim on pro-BJP or Hindutva groups \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/799327713783736\/posts\/1625121387871027\">\u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942<\/a> posted 0it on \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 2.0 \ud83d\udea9( \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915 \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0947 )\ud83d\udea9 [gained over 4K likes]; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/228922011346286\/posts\/979755446262935\">\u0918\u0902\u091f\u093e\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0935\u0940\u0930\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e<\/a> posted on \u0935\u094b\u091f \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b ( Modi Voters \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0947 ) [gained ~3K likes], and Vijaybhai Kalambekar posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/128525822111952\/posts\/339439464353919\">\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 ( \u0907\u0938 \u092c\u093e\u0930 350 \u092a\u093e\u0930 )<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/188878705711433\/posts\/634714227794543\">India Needs BJP<\/a>; Tirlok Dewasi in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/258849408564213\/posts\/621170498998767\">Sudarshan News.<\/a> Similarly, FB pages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/103196251986263\/posts\/211575654481655\">Bramha Rashtra Ekam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100044504261092\/posts\/459456145547857\">\u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u093e\u0917\u094b<\/a> also made the same claim.<\/p>\n<p>Using CrowdTangle, a social media monitoring tool, we found that at least 100 accounts posted this image.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108799 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-falsely-viral-as-34-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-up\/screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15-06-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.06.12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-falsely-viral-as-34-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-up\/screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15-08-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.08.04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-falsely-viral-as-34-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-up\/screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15-08-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.08.14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanspeaks\/status\/1469669621485629443?t=i99MCbxAd0gaRPfFrtdIzQ&amp;s=19\">@janardanspeaks<\/a> and BJP politician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/901155776562271\/posts\/4937101729634302\">Anupendra Singh<\/a> shared the claim without the image.<\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that Hindi-language news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/uttar-pradesh\/mathura\/muslim-speak-against-pakistan\">Amar Ujala<\/a> had published this image in 2016. As per the report, the image is from September 23, 2016, and was taken at Mathura&#8217;s Jama Masjid. It shows an anti-Pakistan demonstration held after the terrorist attack on an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the former union territory Jammu and Kashmir. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/video\/national\/muslim-community-raise-voice-on-slogans-of-pakistan-murdabad-in-varanasi\">video<\/a> of this event can be seen on Amar Ujala&#8217;s website as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108810 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.46.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.46.25.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.46.25-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.46.25-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-15.46.25-768x910.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=34+muslim+families+converted+up&amp;biw=1309&amp;bih=746&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A12%2F6%2F2021&amp;tbm=nws&amp;ei=fxK7YZGJJ8GTseMPtYuUmAI&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjRxJD4i-j0AhXBSWwGHbUFBSMQ4dUDCA0&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=34+muslim+families+converted+up&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MQAzoFCAAQgAQ6BQgAEM0CUOMIWJdKYIBMaABwAHgAgAHXAYgB-ROSAQYwLjEzLjKYAQCgAQHAAQE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-news\">keyword search on Google<\/a> restricting results to December 6 onwards and could not find a single report corroborating the claim that 34 Muslim families had converted to Hinduism.<\/p>\n<p>The false claim was, therefore, promoted using a five-year-old image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi converted to Hindusim on December 6. 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