{"id":27941,"date":"2019-02-13T22:23:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=27941"},"modified":"2023-03-24T19:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:54:46","slug":"viral-video-no-muslim-women-did-not-sing-bhajans-inside-dubai-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-video-no-muslim-women-did-not-sing-bhajans-inside-dubai-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video: No, Muslim women did not sing bhajans inside Dubai mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video is going viral in which burqa clad women are singing bhajans. While sharing this, it is being claimed that Muslim women in Dubai are singing Ram Bhajan and their husbands are supporting them by clapping. Many users on Twitter have made similar claims while sharing this video.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Munna Yadav shared the video with the same claim. He also said, &#8220;If it had happened in India, Islam would be in danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908_\u092e\u0947\u0902<\/a> \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u091c\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u0939\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0914\u0930<br \/>\n\u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0947\u0916 \u092a\u0924\u093f \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930<\/p>\n<p>\u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0964 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 125 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a\u093e\u090f\u0902&#8230; \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/viralvideo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#viralvideo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sldHUDw0Lk\">pic.twitter.com\/sldHUDw0Lk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Munna_Yadav (@Munna_YadavUP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Munna_YadavUP\/status\/1638480737790730241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user, Girdhari Lal Indoriya, shared the video with a similar caption.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c \u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u091c\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u090f\u0915 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u0939\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0947\u0916 \u092a\u0924\u093f \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0921\u093c \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0964 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 125 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a\u093e\u090f\u0902&#8230;&#8230;..*\ud83d\udc471\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yKJJZoEjSE\">pic.twitter.com\/yKJJZoEjSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 girdhari lal lndoriya (@Ind1Staking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ind1Staking\/status\/1637011710744592385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>The video was viral earlier as well<\/h4>\n<p>In 2021, it was viral on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83c\udff9\ud83d\udea9 \u091c\u092f \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928<br \/>\n\ud83d\udea9\ud83c\udff9\u091c\u092f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092e<\/p>\n<p>*\u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0913\u0930\u0924\u094b \u0928\u0947 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u0939\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093c\u093f\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u091c\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0947\u0916 \u092a\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0932\u092f \u092c\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0964 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0914\u0930 125 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u091a\u093e\u092f\u0947..*<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Nftq00iTX\">pic.twitter.com\/8Nftq00iTX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jitendra Kr Sharma(\u0915\u093e\u0901\u0915\u094c\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e)(\u091c\u0940\u0924\u0942 \u092d\u0908\u092f\u093e) (@JeetuSharma80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeetuSharma80\/status\/1368477061707223042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even before that, in 2019, a user called P K Jadeja, whose bio describes him as a President&#8217;s award winning retired police officer, tweeted the video with the same claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0913\u0930\u0924\u094b \u0928\u0947 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u0939\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093c\u093f\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u091c\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0947\u0916 \u092a\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0932\u092f \u092c\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0964 \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0914\u0930 125 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u091a\u093e\u092f\u0947&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FX06ln7PQb\">pic.twitter.com\/FX06ln7PQb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 P K Jadeja (Ex DSP) (@Peekaay23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peekaay23\/status\/1145244254563905536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several Facebook users shared the video back then.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-152063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1618\" height=\"1148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2023-03-24-190521-1536x1090.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1618px) 100vw, 1618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Alt News found that this video along with this claim had been posted by a right-wing Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialazaadbharat\/videos\/1988057678161371\/?__xts__[0]=68.ARCTBy2FjN4QuLA8TybRUeC37TlHIYXAS5V2Il5pGRNPg0hQEZuZhPHOM_mcgdioq90vV10tof1ia74mbyCav4EK4MRmXd1ju3Eet7frUOyYMsa0XLLc4sdkD___KN9boo-XZJCjnONJvmTg-eE4HpxV5LAbfTkbt3DdaSVLb_dGJ6EXBofocZe3Kge-TwEs8xBX8xoRMNTgLuCMNZQzNwbPnTIOMKS4tc5A5ajmNRgA1gCax040BLk8UP70bsD-Rbx5q8DZu4kw2X9rYj5QnK_ZCI4gKcAdkEL6tY_fWQha5iMejotybh_C5-3EVr3X8yFLE92iiwcfMNxZpRMs7ZsMP5oqnHXWQrw&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azaad Bharat<\/a> in November 2018, and the share count exceeded 9,000.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What is the truth of the video?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A simple search on Google with the keywords &#8216;mosque bhajan&#8217; reveals a YouTube video of ABP News, which had fact-checked this claim twice on its &#8216;Viral Sach&#8217; programme, first in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CapAwVcQt_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2016<\/a> and later in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0O84Rax-lU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2018<\/a>. This suggests that this claim has been circulating on social media for at least four years or more. The same had been fact-checked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/viral-video-muslim-women-singing-bhajans-inside-mosque-is-false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Quint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/mosque_bhajan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/mosque_bhajan2.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/mosque_bhajan2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/mosque_bhajan2-74x55.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video is not from a mosque in Dubai as claimed, but from Prasanthi Nilayam, the ashram of spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. The event which took place in 2012 was attended by devotees from Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, according to a July 2013 report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sai-babas-arabic-islamic-flavour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0titled &#8220;Sai Baba&#8217;s Arabic-Islamic Flavour&#8221;. The entire video of the cultural event is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot; SARVA DHARMA SWAROOPA SAI &quot; - ARABIAN CHOIR - 10 JULY 2012\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2HNoswFHAgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the video of burqa-clad women singing bhajans is not from a mosque in Dubai, but from a cultural event organized at Sathya Sai Baba&#8217;s ashram in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video is going viral in which burqa clad women are singing bhajans. While sharing this, it is being claimed that Muslim women in Dubai are singing Ram Bhajan and their husbands are supporting them by clapping. Many users on Twitter have made similar claims while sharing this video. Twitter user Munna Yadav shared the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":152058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-27941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/bhajan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27941"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152069,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27941\/revisions\/152069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27941"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=27941"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}