{"id":88944,"date":"2021-03-25T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=88944"},"modified":"2021-03-25T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:05:09","slug":"image-of-an-anti-france-rally-in-bangladesh-shared-as-people-protesting-against-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-an-anti-france-rally-in-bangladesh-shared-as-people-protesting-against-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of anti-France rally in Bangladesh viral as protests against PM Modi upcoming visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to go on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/pm-modi-s-visit-to-bangladesh-to-bolster-bilateral-ties-says-report-101616493610354.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-day tour of Bangladesh<\/a> on March 26, on the occasion of the country&#8217;s 50th Independence Day. Social media users began sharing a picture of a massive crowd, purportedly of locals protesting against the Indian PM&#8217;s visit. Many shared the image with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%20%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%20%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following Bangla caption<\/a>,\u00a0&#8220;Mashallah! Islamic parties protested against Modi in Dhaka today. The parties have shown that they do uphold patriotism and the religious cause! Long live Islamic unity!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original caption: \u09ae\u09be\u09b6\u09be\u09b2\u09cd\u09b2\u09be\u09b9! \u09a2\u09be\u0995\u09be\u09df \u0987\u09b8\u09b2\u09be\u09ae\u09c0 \u09a6\u09b2\u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09cb\u09b0 \u0986\u099c\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09cb\u09a6\u09c0 \u09ac\u09bf\u09b0\u09cb\u09a7\u09c0 \u0986\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09cb\u09b2\u09a8\u0964 \u0987\u09b8\u09b2\u09be\u09ae\u09bf\u0995 \u09a6\u09b2\u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09cb \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u09a6\u09bf\u09b2\u09cb \u09af\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u09b6\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7\u09ae \u098f\u09ac\u0982 \u09a7\u09b0\u09cd\u09ae\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7\u09ae \u09a4\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09b9\u09c3\u09a6\u09df\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a8\u09bf\u0995\u09cb\u09a0\u09be\u09df \u09a5\u09be\u0995\u09c7! \u0985\u09ad\u09bf\u09a8\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09a8 \u0987\u09b8\u09b2\u09be\u09ae\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09df \u09a4\u09cc\u09b9\u09bf\u09a6\u09c0 \u099c\u09a8\u09a4\u09be)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-88944 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-an-anti-france-rally-in-bangladesh-shared-as-people-protesting-against-pm-modi\/3-44\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/3-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/3-1.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/3-1-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-an-anti-france-rally-in-bangladesh-shared-as-people-protesting-against-pm-modi\/4-37\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/4.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/4-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-an-anti-france-rally-in-bangladesh-shared-as-people-protesting-against-pm-modi\/5-28\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5-1.jpeg 745w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5-1-300x282.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>One Twitter user wrote an English caption that read, &#8220;Narendra Modi is not welcome even in Dhaka, despite tons of favours Modi bestowed upon Haseena Wajid, Bangladesh is out on the streets protesting against the upcoming state visit of PM Modi. This man has brought shame to India internationally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88947 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-69.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-69.jpeg 673w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-69-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Old photo of anti-France rally in Bangladesh<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and found reports on the anti-France rally held in Bangladesh last year. On October 28, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/world\/world\/2020\/10\/635966\/huge-anti-france-rally-bangladesh-macron-backlash-widens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Straits Times reported<\/a> that thousands of people took to the streets in protest against France on October 27, in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Samuel Paty, a high school teacher in France, was <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/france-muhammad-cartoon-row-what-you-need-to-know6904742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beheaded by a Muslim youth<\/a> for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed during class. French President Emmanuel Macron had defended the cartoon under the country&#8217;s secular tradition. This resulted in widespread outrage in Muslim-majority nations all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88948 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-70.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-70.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-70-285x300.jpeg 285w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-70-768x810.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Straits Times has attributed the photo to the <a href=\"https:\/\/webgate.epa.eu\/?16634349628007773501&amp;MEDIANUMBER=56453587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Pressphoto Agency (EPA)<\/a>. Its website confirms that the picture was shot during a protest in Bangladesh over Macron&#8217;s comments on the cartoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-88949 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-71.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-71.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-71-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/word-image-71-768x565.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, social media users shared a six-month-old photo of an anti-France rally in Bangladesh, falsely claiming that it showed the public marching in protest of PM Modi&#8217;s upcoming Bangladesh visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to go on a two-day tour of Bangladesh on March 26, on the occasion of the country&#8217;s 50th Independence Day. Social media users began sharing a picture of a massive crowd, purportedly of locals protesting against the Indian PM&#8217;s visit. Many shared the image with the following Bangla caption,\u00a0&#8220;Mashallah! 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