

{"id":51237,"date":"2019-11-18T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51237"},"modified":"2019-11-18T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:14:44","slug":"unrelated-photos-passed-off-as-images-of-babri-masjid-from-british-librarys-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/unrelated-photos-passed-off-as-images-of-babri-masjid-from-british-librarys-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library&#8217;s archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the photos are in black and white.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BabriMasjid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BabriMasjid<\/a><br \/>\nPhotos from British Library. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ah747rzGO5\">pic.twitter.com\/ah747rzGO5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zainab. (@Zainab_216) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zainab_216\/status\/1194237695049924608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaykh Abdul Raheem (@ShkhAbdulRaheem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShkhAbdulRaheem\/status\/1193592558137548800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News found these photographs have been circulating online for several years. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhindibazaar.asia\/posts\/1681734438513336?__xts__[0]=68.ARCCKnIdZ2VPKtIyUJhEbjoeMO94XuE8M1K-D5iS-yalKqznWGXYxc__uy7iF0nn6BWmr9ath-KWZxaJ-LX4wq8ozTRObuj3sU-guhAYcT2PHpu8aykPRg6wvlz2mvpHofddIr9kqP3wlRSOMBY-Y748M5hwnLnTF2OEenVlYlVNfKllPrLJFKU9mKKQP25dQCa1WvyW9fAWk2oj0UJpK_Dl7GDsnTHseCDQbhNu9j_0HEuzPu0Quj9kmK1Au9X2dYo2utPidjKR8DTvEDFeguydD8l6WPN1x9XwGfQyEcPahkD0g-iBBTDINorv4a3rNKmEdZSpiFC9diJhDr3_2SM2Bw&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> below, for instance, is of December 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhindibazaar.asia\/posts\/1681734438513336\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/bhindibazaar.asia\/posts\/1681734438513336\"><p>Babri Masjid Inside pictures joh British Library main hain !!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhindibazaar.asia\/\">Bhindi Bazaar<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/bhindibazaar.asia\/posts\/1681734438513336\">Sunday, December 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK: UNRELATED PHOTOGRAPHS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A total of four photographs have been circulated with the aforementioned claim. Alt News found that except for one, these pictures do not pertain to the now demolished Babri masjid. Let us take a look at each of these photos.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PICTURE 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid2.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reverse-searched the above image and found that it does indeed represent the Babri masjid. The photograph was <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/indiarealtime\/2012\/12\/10\/ayodhya-the-battle-for-indias-soul-the-complete-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicked<\/a> in the early 1990s, and the credit for the image has been given to &#8216;The British Library Board&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.05.06-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"719\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.05.06-PM.png 719w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.05.06-PM-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PICTURE 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid3.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid3-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On reverse-searching the above image, Alt News found it is from Turkey. The photograph in question represents the Green mosque, known in Turkish as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kulturportali.gov.tr\/turkiye\/bursa\/gezilecekyer\/yesil-cami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ye\u015fil Camii<\/a>. It is situated in Bursa, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-414x276.jpeg 414w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-470x313.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-640x426.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-130x86.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-187x124.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-990x660.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/D-IHX1FUwAAzjfx-1-1320x879.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PICTURE 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid4-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above image is not of the Babri masjid, as claimed. Alt News reverse-searched the image and found a like image, posted on the automobile website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/travelogues\/52615-travelling-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Team BHP<\/em><\/a>. It represents a portion of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/onlinegallery\/onlineex\/apac\/photocoll\/i\/019pho000000937u00038000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ibrahim Rauza<\/a>, the mausoleum complex located in Bijapur, Karnataka and commissioned by Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1579-1627 CE).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.44.05-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.44.05-PM.png 515w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.44.05-PM-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PICTURE 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/masjid5-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News found the above photograph of the pillar on the stock photography website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/noh-gunbad-mosque-balkh-afghanistan-image8987454.html?pv=1&amp;stamp=2&amp;imageid=955D7F12-F40B-4318-9B61-CC41B35E38EC&amp;p=63192&amp;n=0&amp;orientation=0&amp;pn=1&amp;searchtype=0&amp;IsFromSearch=1&amp;srch=foo%3Dbar%26st%3D0%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D100%26sortby%3D2%26resultview%3DsortbyPopular%26npgs%3D0%26qt%3Dbalkh%2520mosque%26qt_raw%3Dbalkh%2520mosque%26lic%3D3%26mr%3D0%26pr%3D0%26ot%3D0%26creative%3D%26ag%3D0%26hc%3D0%26pc%3D%26blackwhite%3D%26cutout%3D%26tbar%3D1%26et%3D0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3D0%26loc%3D0%26imgt%3D0%26dtfr%3D%26dtto%3D%26size%3D0xFF%26archive%3D1%26groupid%3D%26pseudoid%3D%26a%3D%26cdid%3D%26cdsrt%3D%26name%3D%26qn%3D%26apalib%3D%26apalic%3D%26lightbox%3D%26gname%3D%26gtype%3D%26xstx%3D0%26simid%3D%26saveQry%3D%26editorial%3D1%26nu%3D%26t%3D%26edoptin%3D%26customgeoip%3D%26cap%3D1%26cbstore%3D1%26vd%3D0%26lb%3D%26fi%3D2%26edrf%3D%26ispremium%3D1%26flip%3D0%26pl%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Alamy<\/em><\/a>. According to <em>Alamy<\/em>, the image is of the Noh Gunbad mosque located at Balkh in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.46.16-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.46.16-PM-1.png 742w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-2.46.16-PM-1-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It may thus be noted that except for one photograph, the rest of the pictures do not represent the Babri masjid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. All the photos are in black and white. #BabriMasjid Photos from British Library. pic.twitter.com\/ah747rzGO5 \u2014 Zainab. (@Zainab_216) November 12, 2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2014 Shaykh Abdul Raheem (@ShkhAbdulRaheem) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":51279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[663],"class_list":["post-51237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library&#039;s archive - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Unrelated photos passed off as images of Babri Masjid from British Library&#039;s archive - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A collage of photographs is viral on social media with the claim that these are photographs of the Babri masjid, taken from the collection of the British library. 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