{"id":40794,"date":"2019-07-11T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=40794"},"modified":"2022-08-27T12:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:43:11","slug":"old-video-falsely-shared-as-man-pouring-milk-on-the-kaaba-in-mecca-calling-it-shivling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-shared-as-man-pouring-milk-on-the-kaaba-in-mecca-calling-it-shivling\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video falsely shared as man pouring milk on the Kaaba in Mecca, calling it Shivling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 51-second long video clip where a young man with a bottle of liquid standing close to the Kaaba throws the liquid at the structure and mutters something which is followed by a commotion is viral on social media. It is being claimed that an Iranian youth offered milk on the &#8220;Mecca&#8221; and said that his ancestors were &#8220;Hindu&#8221; and this is a &#8220;Shivling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @Chitransh57 shared the clip with a caption in Hindi that reads the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">*\u0908\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915 \u0928\u0947 &#8220;\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e&#8221; \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u0942\u0927 \u091a\u0922\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u093e \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u091c &#8220;\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941&#8221; \u0925\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0947 &#8220;\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917&#8221; \u0939\u0948&#8230;.. \u091c\u092f \u092d\u094b\u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u0940&#8230;..\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIj4249oA1\">pic.twitter.com\/bIj4249oA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 100rabh SRIVASTAV\ud83d\udea9 \ud83d\ude4f ( \u090f\u0915 \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928\u0940)\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\ude4f (@Chitransh57) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chitransh57\/status\/1561991653933531136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video has also been shared with the accompanying claim by several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%22%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%22&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0908\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915 \u0928\u0947 &#8220;\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e&#8221; \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u0942\u0927 \u091a\u0922\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u093e \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u091c &#8220;\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941&#8221; \u0925\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0947 &#8220;\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917&#8221; \u0939\u0948&#8230;..<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd31\u091c\u092f \u092d\u094b\u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u0940 \ud83d\udd31\u0939\u0930 \u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0935\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YogiDevnath2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YogiDevnath2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beingarun28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@beingarun28<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnujBajpai_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnujBajpai_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/team_hyv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@team_hyv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VC5xWUOG0x\">pic.twitter.com\/VC5xWUOG0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0938\u0928\u0940 \u091c\u0940\u0924\u0942 \u0915\u0941\u0936\u0935\u093e\u0939\u093e\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@RoyalKushwahaS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalKushwahaS\/status\/1562389466936799234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0908\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915 \u0928\u0947 &#8220;\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e&#8221; \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u0942\u0927 \u091a\u0922\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u093e \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u091c &#8220;\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941&#8221; \u0925\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u0947 &#8220;\u0936\u093f\u0935\u0932\u093f\u0902\u0917&#8221; \u0939\u0948&#8230;. \u091c\u092f \u092d\u094b\u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u0940&#8230;.\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udea9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T5xOxD2RDC\">pic.twitter.com\/T5xOxD2RDC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc88\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc87\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc85-\ud835\udc69\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc69\ud835\udc82 \ud83d\udd49\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@YOGIfiedBABA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YOGIfiedBABA\/status\/1562113602466680832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Viral since 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The viral clip has been circulating on social media since 2019. It has been widely shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A7%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126603 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/2022-08-27-11_50_26-4-\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e-\u092e\u0947-\u0926\u0942\u0927-\u091a\u0922\u093e\u092f\u093e-search-results-_-Facebook-Brave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1401\" height=\"1318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/2022-08-27-11_50_26-4-\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e-\u092e\u0947-\u0926\u0942\u0927-\u091a\u0922\u093e\u092f\u093e-search-results-_-Facebook-Brave.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/2022-08-27-11_50_26-4-\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e-\u092e\u0947-\u0926\u0942\u0927-\u091a\u0922\u093e\u092f\u093e-search-results-_-Facebook-Brave-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/2022-08-27-11_50_26-4-\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e-\u092e\u0947-\u0926\u0942\u0927-\u091a\u0922\u093e\u092f\u093e-search-results-_-Facebook-Brave-1024x963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/2022-08-27-11_50_26-4-\u092e\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e-\u092e\u0947-\u0926\u0942\u0927-\u091a\u0922\u093e\u092f\u093e-search-results-_-Facebook-Brave-768x723.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1401px) 100vw, 1401px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>We performed a Google search using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=mecca+kaaba+liquid+young+man&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN773IN773&amp;oq=mecca+kaaba+liquid+young+man&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.4896j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relevant keywords<\/a>\u00a0and found an article by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/world\/gulf\/saudi\/man-tried-to-set-himself-ablaze-not-kaaba-security-forces-say-1.1974514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gulf News<\/a><\/em> published in February 2017, pertaining to this very incident. This was verified by comparing the viral video with the video of the incident posted in the article, which has been taken from a different angle. According to <em>Gulf News<\/em>, the man was attempting to die by suicide by dousing himself in fuel before he was successfully apprehended.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648 : \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0636 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0634\u062e\u0635 \u062d\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u062d\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0628\u0646\u0632\u064a\u0646\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_Dh6FrYdoY?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>The incident was also reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1050501\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Arab News<\/em><\/a> which stated, <em>&#8220;Saudi security forces successfully prevented a man from setting himself alight beside the Kaaba inside Makkah\u2019s Grand Mosque late on Monday.\u00a0The man, who police said shows signs of mental illness, tried to set himself alight with gasoline but was arrested before he could do so.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/mecca3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/mecca3.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/mecca3-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Alt News found that several social media users had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=kaaba+young+man+gasoline+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted videos<\/a> related to this incident on YouTube in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a video of a man trying to self-immolate is falsely viral since 2019 as a clip of Iranian youth pouring milk at the Kaaba and calling the structure a shivling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 51-second long video clip where a young man with a bottle of liquid standing close to the Kaaba throws the liquid at the structure and mutters something which is followed by a commotion is viral on social media. 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