{"id":47543,"date":"2019-09-30T18:17:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=47543"},"modified":"2019-09-30T18:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:47:20","slug":"old-image-altered-to-portray-indian-muslim-family-tuned-in-to-imran-khans-un-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-altered-to-portray-indian-muslim-family-tuned-in-to-imran-khans-un-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image altered to portray Indian Muslim family tuned in to Imran Khan’s UN speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We have heard Imran Khan’s speech with our entire family in India. It is heartening to hear the words of Islam.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This message has been posted on Twitter by a user @saira_muslim,\u00a0<\/em>along with a photograph purportedly showing an Indian Muslim family glued to a television set. They seem to be watching Pakistan PM Imran Khan addressing the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

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We have heard Imran Khan’s speech with our entire family in India. It is heartening to hear the words of Islam.@FarhanKVirk<\/a>@ZaidZamanHamid<\/a>@CallSignMujahid<\/a>#ImranKhanVoiceOfKashmir<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/R6hcZ2cwZP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Saira MUSLIM (@saira_muslim) September 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above tweet is of September 27. That day, Imran Khan had addressed<\/a> the UNGA, wherein he repeatedly referred to Kashmir. The handle @saira_muslim\u00a0<\/em>has been created recently (September 2019) and has a rather poor following of around 500. This tweet, however, has been retweeted over 1200 times so far.<\/p>\n

Alt News found the image and the accompanying claim was also circulated<\/a> by several social media users and handles from Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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THe Indian MusLims FamiLy watcH a Speech Of Great Leader @ImranKhanPTI<\/a> \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95#PMIKExposedIndia<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OlfgsZKh3P<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Waseem Khan \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@WaseemK47262066) September 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

FACT CHECK: PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The picture tweeted by @saira_muslim<\/em>, showing a Muslim family intently watching Imran Khan’s speech, is photoshopped. This was established by a simple reverse search of the image, which revealed the source. The original picture had appeared in June 2009 in an article<\/a> in The Star<\/em>, on former U.S President Barack Obama. It has been posted below.<\/p>\n

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Source: The Star<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As can be seen, in the original photograph, the family can be seen watching a speech by then U.S President Barack Obama. It may be recalled that in June 2009, Obama had delivered a historic speech<\/a> at the American University in Cairo, Egypt wherein he had specifically addressed the Islamic world.<\/p>\n

The two images- original and photoshopped, have been posted below for comparison.<\/p>\n

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It may be noted that the image shared on social media is photoshopped. The family seen in the image is watching a televised address of Barack Obama and NOT Imran Khan. Moreover, the image is from 2009 and is in no way related to Khan’s recent UNGA speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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