{"id":89822,"date":"2021-04-07T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T08:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=89822"},"modified":"2021-04-07T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T08:56:15","slug":"image-of-2013-bangladesh-riots-shared-as-violence-against-hindus-in-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-2013-bangladesh-riots-shared-as-violence-against-hindus-in-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of 2013 Bangladesh riots shared as violence against Hindus in West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abhinavbr08\/status\/1378644978503577603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photograph<\/a> of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along with the claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89827 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/74de4abf-1be4-4468-8c03-fece696480ec.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/74de4abf-1be4-4468-8c03-fece696480ec.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/74de4abf-1be4-4468-8c03-fece696480ec-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Krishna55002593\/status\/1378657048515121153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter accounts<\/a> have shared the image.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-89822 gallery-columns-2 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-2013-bangladesh-riots-shared-as-violence-against-hindus-in-west-bengal\/046e561e-af33-4f7f-b055-3eec5252c104\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/046e561e-af33-4f7f-b055-3eec5252c104.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/046e561e-af33-4f7f-b055-3eec5252c104.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/046e561e-af33-4f7f-b055-3eec5252c104-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/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-2013-bangladesh-riots-shared-as-violence-against-hindus-in-west-bengal\/a2308116-f51d-497b-9d26-6894c7527b0c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a2308116-f51d-497b-9d26-6894c7527b0c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a2308116-f51d-497b-9d26-6894c7527b0c.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a2308116-f51d-497b-9d26-6894c7527b0c-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old image from Bangladesh<\/h4>\n<p>A simple reverse image search takes one to a May 5, 2013 article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2319983\/amp\/Bangladesh-protests-37-dead-hundreds-injured-police-battle-hardline-Islamist-group.html?ico=amp-comments-viewall&amp;__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a> where the same image has been used. &#8220;Protesters armed with sticks flee from police tear gas: The Islamic hardliners are demanding the death penalty for blasphemy,&#8221; reads its description. The image has been credited to photographer Ibrahim of former photo agency Demotix.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1884\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang.jpg 1884w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bang-1536x795.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The article reported, &#8220;37 people were killed and hundreds more injured in Bangladesh today in fierce street fighting between police and Islamic hardliners demanding the death penalty for blasphemy.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89828 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bangladesh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bangladesh.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/bangladesh-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2013\/4\/7\/bangladesh-protesters-demand-blasphemy-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al Jazeera<\/a> reported that the protests were led by supporters of Hefazat-e-Islam, an Islamist group, against what they said were blasphemous writings by atheist bloggers. The protestors shouted, \u201cGod is great \u2013 hang the atheist bloggers\u201d. The riots took place in the capital Dhaka.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladeshi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-22058462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM Sheikh Hasina rejected demands<\/a> by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law granting the death penalty and said that existing laws were sufficient to punish those who attempted to insult religion.<\/p>\n<p>An eight-year-old image of riots in Bangladesh where protestors demanded the death penalty for blasphemy has been shared as violence against Hindus in Hooghly, West Bengal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along with the claim. Multiple Twitter accounts have shared the image. Old image from Bangladesh A simple reverse image search takes one to a May 5, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":89834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-89822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-26.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89835,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89822\/revisions\/89835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89822"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=89822"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}