

{"id":117976,"date":"2022-05-11T21:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=117976"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T04:51:44","slug":"old-video-of-eid-devotees-praying-in-russia-viral-as-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-eid-devotees-praying-in-russia-viral-as-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of Eid devotees praying in Russia viral as France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media claiming that it is from France. The Islamic call to prayer (adhan) can be heard in the background and hordes of people can be seen offering prayers on the streets, in a large area surrounding a mosque.<\/p>\n<p>This video has been shared on Twitter by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220901042655\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/KumaarSaagar\/status\/1565162532943589377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1565162532943589377%7Ctwgr%5E1dae2e3d00221750a5965cefed71f43fa591be12%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026%2Fold-video-of-eid-devotees-praying-in-russia-viral-as-france%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sagar Kumar<\/a> of Sudarshan News with a caption in Hindi that reads, &#8220;This is Paris on Fridays&#8230;This will be India&#8217;s picture tomorrow if we don&#8217;t wake up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u092a\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u094b\u0913\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u0932 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0917\u0947 \u0924\u094b\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ucOXLa3s8S\">pic.twitter.com\/ucOXLa3s8S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sagar Kumar \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@KumaarSaagar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KumaarSaagar\/status\/1565162532943589377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A couple of other users also shared this clip with a Hindi caption and called for bringing laws for population control. Another Sudarshan News journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220901042750\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/STVAlok\/status\/1564114958559825920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1564114958559825920%7Ctwgr%5E1dae2e3d00221750a5965cefed71f43fa591be12%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026%2Fold-video-of-eid-devotees-praying-in-russia-viral-as-france%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;This is the &#8220;street&#8221; of Paris! The population of &#8220;jihadis&#8221; in Paris has been increasing steadily over the years. The population of Jihadis in our country is also increasing continuously. That&#8217;s why population control law is necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u092a\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u201c\u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915\u201d \u0939\u0948 !<br \/>\n\u0915\u0941\u091b \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u201c\u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902\u201d \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u092c\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u092c\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0940\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u092c\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u092c\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u091c\u0928\u0938\u0902\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0928\u093f\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0942\u0928 \u091c\u093c\u0930\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WFZ0IbYauv\">pic.twitter.com\/WFZ0IbYauv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ALOK JHA (@STVAlok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STVAlok\/status\/1564114958559825920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">User <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220901042836\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/jag_ind\/status\/1564306122462593024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1564306122462593024%7Ctwgr%5E1dae2e3d00221750a5965cefed71f43fa591be12%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026%2Fold-video-of-eid-devotees-praying-in-russia-viral-as-france%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jag_ind<\/a> shared the video with a caption in English.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s Friday in Paris Look and cry . This is India&#8217;s picture tomorrow if you don&#8217;t wake up cc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KapilMishra_IND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KapilMishra_IND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QKBXGlIWyg\">pic.twitter.com\/QKBXGlIWyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jagat D (@jag_ind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jag_ind\/status\/1564306122462593024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Viral since May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video is viral on social media since May of this year. Back then it was shared with a Hindi caption that read, &#8220;There remains no space on the streets for ordinary French citizens to walk because 25 years ago, France was preaching &#8220;a liberal mindset&#8221; to its citizens. Now they are learning a lesson.&#8221; The captions even then claimed it to be from France and had used cryptic language that is along the lines of population replacement conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">25 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u092b\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0938 &#8216;\u0932\u093f\u092c\u0930\u0932-\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0935\u0924\u093e&#8217; \u0915\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0920 \u0930\u091f \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e&#8230;\u0905\u092c \u0909\u0938\u0947 &#8216;\u0938\u092c\u0915&#8217; \u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948..<\/p>\n<p>\u0906\u092e \u092b\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u091a\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDsYxLDFqW\">pic.twitter.com\/dDsYxLDFqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madan Singla (@msinglabjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msinglabjp\/status\/1523279693541421057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video has been shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=25%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%20%27%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%27%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A0%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook-.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook--136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook--464x1024.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook--768x1694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook--696x1536.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Facebook--928x2048.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search on Yandex using keyframes from the viral video. It yielded multiple results including a tweet dated July 17, 2015, where the same mosque with the gold and green minarets can be seen, surrounded by visually similar-looking structures when compared to the viral video. The tweet is linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1tv.ru\/news\/2015-07-17\/15302-musulmane_otmechayut_uraza_bayram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by a Russian news agency on Muslims celebrating Eid-al-Fitr in Moscow in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u041c\u0443\u0441\u0443\u043b\u044c\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0447\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0423\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0430-\u0431\u0430\u0439\u0440\u0430\u043c<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/KDfERJJAUg\">http:\/\/t.co\/KDfERJJAUg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/377jfGKVx4\">pic.twitter.com\/377jfGKVx4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b (@channelone_rus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/channelone_rus\/status\/621932096269979648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a comparison of one of the keyframes from the viral video and the image linked to the news report where the same building behind the same mosque can be spotted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Final-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon cropping out the image of the mosque and performing a reverse image search on Google, we were able to confirm that the mosque in the viral video is the Moscow Cathedral Mosque situated at Pereulok Vypolzov, 7, Moscow, Russia, 129090.<\/p>\n<p>Further, we viewed the Moscow Cathedral mosque using Google street view and found the same building (circled in red above) behind the mosque.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118048 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus we were able to establish that the mosque in the viral video is situated in Russia and not France.<\/p>\n<p>We also found many images and videos showing crowds offering Eid prayers in the area surrounding the mosque from different time periods that indicate it is a recurring event. This video report (below) dated June 5, 2019, also captures the same event. The brown building behind the mosque can also be spotted in this video at 0:08\/0:54.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6oykhHJshOE]<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a video of a crowd offering prayers in Russia has been shared time again as a video from France. Every time the video circulates on social media, it is shared with cryptic captions that are along the lines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jun\/08\/a-deadly-ideology-how-the-great-replacement-theory-went-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">population replacement conspiracy theory<\/a>, a western conspiracy theory that has been moulded using languages that fit the local context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is viral on social media claiming that it is from France. The Islamic call to prayer (adhan) can be heard in the background and hordes of people can be seen offering prayers on the streets, in a large area surrounding a mosque. 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