{"id":54250,"date":"2019-12-21T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=54250"},"modified":"2019-12-21T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T12:59:13","slug":"false-claim-muslim-woman-masquerading-as-hindu-during-anti-caa-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-muslim-woman-masquerading-as-hindu-during-anti-caa-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"False claim: Muslim woman masquerading as Hindu during anti-CAA protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter user Piyush Singh, who is followed by the office of railway minister Piyush Goyal, tweeted<\/a> two photographs – one where a woman is seen holding a placard against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and another where a woman has adorned a hijab. The placard read, “I am Swati.”<\/em> Singh wrote, “On Odd Day. Swati a Hindu. Even Day. Sabiha Khan Muslim”<\/em> and claimed that both the women are the same person.<\/p>\n

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Another user @Being_Vinita who was recently featured on an Alt News fact-check<\/a> for passing off old images as violence during anti-CAA protests also claimed the same\u00a0<\/a> She posted another image of Swati with a placard during a protest against Tabrez Ansari’s lynching. The placard reads, “I am a Hindu and I love Muslims…You killed our Tabrez, we are all Tabrez.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Several users have made similar assertions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FACT-CHECK: NOT THE SAME WOMAN<\/h2>\n

Alt News fact-checked<\/a> this claim when Swati’s images were viral after a protest against Tabrez Ansari’s lynching. She is a Delhi-based student who had shared her driving licence with Alt News to confirm her identity. Alt News is withholding her full name at her request.<\/p>\n

The woman wearing a hijab is Sabiha Khan, former leader of the Hyderabad-based political party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Khan has a dedicated Facebook page<\/a> with a significant following of over 2 lakh.<\/p>\n

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It is noteworthy that Khan’s name is also written on the viral image.<\/p>\n

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The facial features of Swati and Sabiha Khan are markedly different.<\/p>\n

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It is noteworthy that Khan had posted Swati’s image with the placard condemning Ansari’s lynching which might have led to the earlier confusion of them being the same woman.<\/p>\n

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Please share<\/p>\n

Posted by Sabiha Khan<\/a> on\u00a0Wednesday, 26 June 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Alt News contacted Khan who said that she is a resident of Mumbai and as far as her knowledge, Swati is a Delhi-based student. “I don’t know why they are misusing my picture. This is completely fake,”\u00a0<\/em>she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Thus, a Muslim woman’s image was passed off on social media as a protester who masqueraded as a Hindu woman during anti-CAA protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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