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In this context, two videos have been shared with text, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Streets are for the cars, not for praying&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Streets%20are%20for%20cars%2C%20not%20for%20praying&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Streets%20are%20for%20the%20cars%2C%20not%20for%20praying.&amp;f=Abp4aopsVrwbOMoZpZbSzkB3O719Z2daTN48AeNdLyRixSEUQy9hqC5BqIIZoI1pL1Q5iyM5a-CasuT-Bzzaq2L4Ia_8sROFm_yVBQsLUR8rOtGMw_FCiz2w9fSvFM3zZ4kucwk5JC5Fi8JINQF6E26Nay6zREKK1W2a9VbNcblJEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Users can be seen lauding police response against protesting Muslims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Video 1: Tanks using hydro cannon<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Twitter user @dharmicverangna posted this video and wrote, &#8220;French police used water canon to clear the streets of Y\u00fcksekova! Streets are for cars, not for praying. #CharlieHebdo #hypocriteErdogan #MacronApologizeToMuslims&#8221;. Close to 1.5 lakh people have viewed this video. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/TJAzj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">French police used water canon to clear the streets of Y\u00fcksekova!<\/p>\n<p>Streets are for cars, not for praying.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CharlieHebdo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CharlieHebdo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hypocriteErdogan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hypocriteErdogan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MacronApologizeToMuslims?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MacronApologizeToMuslims<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5BICMaKGd6\">pic.twitter.com\/5BICMaKGd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vaidehi \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \ud83d\udd49\ufe0f (@dharmicverangna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dharmicverangna\/status\/1321354960550776833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly, Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YamrajFromHell\/status\/1321401156191412224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YamrajFromHell<\/a> also posted the viral video. It has gained close to 50,000 views (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201028150856\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/YamrajFromHell\/status\/1321401156191412224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>). This account is followed by Office of RK Singh. Singh is a BJP member and the current Minister of Power and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79048 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.42.14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.42.14.png 600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.42.14-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>After performing a reverse image search on Yandex, Alt News found a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtlerKimdir\/status\/939201193829691394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> by @KurtlerKimdir (translates to History of Kurdish) carrying similar visuals.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtlerKimdir\/status\/939201193829691394<\/p>\n<p>This tweet includes four images, one of them is identical to the scenes depicted in the viral clip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79051 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4-1024x489.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/In-story-chart-4-1536x733.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turkish news website Y\u00fcksekova Haber Portal\u0131 uploaded the viral video on YouTube in 2012. Its description in Turkish states, &#8220;The events that took place during the &#8216;civil Friday prayers&#8217; in Y\u00fcksekova district of Hakkari put those who prayed in a difficult situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZXhkgaR5jOo[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>A 2012 report by Turkish newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haberturk.com\/gundem\/haber\/792631-yuksekova-karisti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haberturk<\/a> reported that the police intervened a group of students who blocked highway traffic in Y\u00fcksekova.to draw attention to hunger strikes in prisons.\u00a0Gas bombs were shot in Old Prison Junction where Friday civil prayers were performed. This report includes multiple screenshots from the viral video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About 70 Kurdish prisoners started an indefinite hunger strike in prisons across the country on September 12. In the following weeks, more than 600 prisoners have joined them. Their demands include increased cultural and political rights for the Kurdish community, the country\u2019s largest ethnic minority that now makes up between 15 to 20 million people in Turkey,&#8221; reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2012\/11\/05\/kurdish-hunger-strikers-fight-for-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @dharmicverangna who had shared the clip with the false claim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dharmicverangna\/status\/1321356988668768256?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">later said<\/a> that the incident is from Turkey and he was only &#8220;joking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Video 2: Protest against public prayers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Twitter user @kailashvasi361 posted this video and wrote, &#8220;Now wherever #Muslims pray on the streets of #Paris&#8230; It&#8217;s met with equally loud singing of National Anthem by French Citizens Well done French people Streets are for the cars, not for praying #CharlieHebdo&#8221;. This has been viewed over 500 times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now wherever <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Muslims?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Muslims<\/a> pray on the streets of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris<\/a>&#8230; It&#8217;s met with equally loud singing of National Anthem by French Citizens<\/p>\n<p>Well done French people\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n<p>Streets are for the cars, not for praying<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CharlieHebdo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CharlieHebdo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZHScsAxxus\">pic.twitter.com\/ZHScsAxxus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @\u0921\u0949_\u0926\u0924\u094d\u0924_\u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udd31\ud83d\udd49\ufe0f (@kailashvasi361) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kailashvasi361\/status\/1321448463234592768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Now%20wherever%20%23Muslims%20pray%20on%20the%20streets%20of%20%23Paris...%20It%27s%20met%20with%20equally%20loud%20singing%20of%20National%20Anthem%20by%20French%20Citizens&amp;f=AbpNdwJ0ceaj6XZCL48j7gY0NbH3XNIwAGzJfKjvx1SuaURtFECRXbOzpg3Z2GMToP73qpTEt4qQeHV4YkOUQ_tlWQHk_mGmBnyqkSPzLsRNSEENo-Pqlsw5XqgUfZVtI2eb6YZNcJsEmtiAXcfqBCToM0wQ3gXfp-KSigKZ6Je5lVl1Btih6JIp2Rz745WUwWZw9r38MNrJrPhm7L7KPbgyXOfNMy2nL7n5RVMQ1gorp_qBK3WL9PlDcRzCcneQlo5KttgrWwd2vYB8V1ulCMhXIWHieiiBl0WieCtCeBonnA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> users have posted the same video with text, &#8220;Now wherever #Muslims pray on the streets of #Paris&#8230; It&#8217;s met with equally loud singing of National Anthem by French Citizens Well done French people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79049 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.52.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.52.44.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-28-at-20.52.44-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>This video was debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-protest-by-muslim-community-in-paris-revived-after-french-teachers-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alt News<\/a> when it was shared with the claim &#8220;French citizens protesting against Muslims occupying sidewalks &amp; road space for Namaz by singing the French national anthem loudly.&#8221; We found that the <a href=\"https:\/\/golosislama.com\/news.php?id=33246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video is from 2017<\/a> when Muslims in the French city of \u00a0Clichy prayed in public after a local mosque was shut down. In response, politicians sang the country&#8217;s national anthem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-79084 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Image-from-2017-1-e1603539994359-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Image-from-2017-1-e1603539994359-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Image-from-2017-1-e1603539994359-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Image-from-2017-1-e1603539994359-1-768x367.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>France strictly implements separation of church and state. The country has often <a href=\"https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/us-france-muslims\/france-bans-street-prayers-idUSTRE78F4CC20110916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">placed bans<\/a> on public praying, leaving its minority Muslim community, highest in Western Europe, stranded. Shutting down of local mosques in the past as well has led to protests.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, old two videos were shared with the false claim that Muslim worshippers in France were met with protests after the Paris beheading. While one of the videos was shot three years ago in France, the second clip was from Turkey and unrelated to public prayers. Students were protesting to demand rights for Kurdish community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron on Islam, after a middle school teacher was killed for showing cartoons of the Prophet, has led to a backlash from several Islamic countries. 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