

{"id":65707,"date":"2020-05-02T20:34:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=65707"},"modified":"2020-05-02T20:34:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T15:04:47","slug":"2018-image-of-muslims-offering-prayers-in-up-shared-as-recent-from-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2018-image-of-muslims-offering-prayers-in-up-shared-as-recent-from-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 image of Muslims offering prayers in UP shared as recent from Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a group of men, wearing a skull cap, offering namaz is getting shared on social media. It is being shared with the claim that a group of 700 men offered namaz amid the lockdown in Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Vellore district. Facebook user Vijay Ajay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=599996507540457&amp;id=100025903388426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the image with the claim in Tamil on April 30. The image is credited to &#8216;Alamy stock photo&#8217; and &#8216;Jaya Murgan&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_41_55-3-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_41_55-3-Facebook.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_41_55-3-Facebook-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The text in Tamil reads, &#8220;\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b9c\u0bc2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe \u0bae\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0ba8\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 1 \u0bae\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb0\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd 700\u0ba8\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b88\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd!!!? \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcb \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1!??<span class=\"q9uorilb tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me fgm26odu gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t9b\/1.5\/16\/1f62f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude2f\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd..\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bcd..\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf : Jaya Murugan \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf : alamy stock photo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Another Facebook page with the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/142425632580930\/posts\/1591460311010781\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bjp Coimbatore Thondamuthur Assembly<\/a> posted the image with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_51_29-3-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_51_29-3-Facebook.png 380w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_51_29-3-Facebook-179x300.png 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>With a Google reverse image search, Alt News found that the image is from Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Allahabad city, now known as Prayagraj. According to the stock photo agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/allahabad-uttar-pradesh-india-17th-may-2018-allahabad-muslims-offer-night-prayers-called-taraweeh-during-ramadan-month-in-allahabad-ramadhan-is-the-ninth-month-of-the-islamic-calendar-and-the-month-in-which-the-quran-was-revealed-fasting-during-the-month-of-ramadan-is-one-of-the-five-pillars-of-islam-the-month-is-spent-by-muslims-fasting-during-the-daylight-hours-from-dawn-to-sunset-credit-prabhat-kumar-vermazuma-wirealamy-live-news-image185394242.html?pv=1&amp;stamp=2&amp;imageid=F47F7805-C7B8-4696-B08D-1F2590178BA7&amp;p=151045&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%3dtaraweeh%26qt_raw%3dtaraweeh%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\">Alamy<\/a>, the image was shot on May 17, 2018. &#8220;Muslims offer night prayers called taraweeh during Ramadan month in Allahabad, Ramadhan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed, Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset,&#8221; reads the caption. The image is credited to a person named Prabhat Kumar Verma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1817\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night-.jpg 1817w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--1536x570.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--990x367.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/2020-05-02-18_55_35-Allahabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India.-17th-May-2018.-Allahabad_-Muslims-offer-night--1320x490.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1817px) 100vw, 1817px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Tirupathur district police also took to Twitter and called out the misinformation circulated on social media. &#8220;P<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">icture shot in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/allahabad?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#allahabad<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is falsely shared in social media as one taken in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tirupathur?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#tirupathur<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> district.FIR has been registered against the miscreants,<\/span>&#8221; said the tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">caution fake news<\/p>\n<p>picture shot in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/allahabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#allahabad<\/a> is falsely shared in social media as one taken in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tirupathur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tirupathur<\/a> district.FIR has been registered against the miscreants<\/p>\n<p>\u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fakenews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fakenews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tnpolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tnpolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Xkt1O2bAO\">pic.twitter.com\/9Xkt1O2bAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tirupathur Dist Police (@sp_tirupathur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sp_tirupathur\/status\/1256281042131881984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, a 2018 image from Uttar Pradesh was falsely shared to claim that Muslims offered namaz in Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Vellore district despite an ongoing nationwide lockdown. Earlier this week, a video from Mumbai shot on March 23 outside a mosque in Dongri was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/march-23-video-from-maharashtra-shared-as-muslims-gathering-at-mosque-in-ahmedabad-amid-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> with the false claim that it showed Muslims gathering in Ahmedabad&#8217;s Jamalpur area amidst the lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a group of men, wearing a skull cap, offering namaz is getting shared on social media. It is being shared with the claim that a group of 700 men offered namaz amid the lockdown in Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Vellore district. 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