{"id":306600,"date":"2025-10-23T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306600"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:25:51","slug":"diwali-celebrated-in-dubai-and-saudi-arabia-with-fireworks-no-viral-video-is-of-uae-national-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/diwali-celebrated-in-dubai-and-saudi-arabia-with-fireworks-no-viral-video-is-of-uae-national-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali celebrated in Dubai and Saudi Arabia with fireworks? No, viral video is of UAE National Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of people absorbing the sight of elaborate fireworks was viral on social media, with some claiming that it showed Diwali being celebrated in Dubai while others said it showed Muslims in Saudi Arabia enjoying Diwali with crackers. The video was shared by many with communal undertones, suggesting that Muslims in Islamic nations did not oppose bursting firecrackers, but those in India were crying hoarse about pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Air quality in Delhi and several other parts of the country deteriorated to hazardous degrees, with the national capital’s readings hitting the worst levels<\/a> amid the wide use of firecrackers for Diwali, resulting in a thick belt of polluted air.<\/p>\n

On October 21, Hindutva activist and national president of Bhagwa Kranti Sena ‘Sadhvi’ Prachi shared the video on X, mocking Indians complaining about pollution due to Diwali crackers. This was in response to a post by journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani on the air pollution in Delhi, citing a news report. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Sadhvi Prachi (@Sadhvi_prachi) October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instagram user Vishnu Surendran shared the video on October 20, claiming the video showed \u201cDiwali in Dubai.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A post shared by Vishnu (@vishnu_surendran_0283)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The post amassed around 2.9 million views.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another X user, Vaishali Mishra (<\/span>@1VaishaliMishra<\/span>), also shared the video and claimed it showed a glimpse of Diwali in Saudi Arabia. \u201c<\/span>Real Muslims are bursting firecrackers with great enthusiasm, while the illegitimate offspring born from their own seeds are whining about Diwali firecrackers in India,\u201d she wrote.<\/span> (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Vaishali Mishra (@1VaishaliMishra) October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the time of writing this, the post had nearly half a million views.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several other social media users made similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n