[Disclaimer: Disturbing visuals. Viewer discretion is advised.] A video of a group of people apprehending a young man, claiming that he murdered a girl and put her dead body in…
Promotional photo used to falsely accuse clothing brand of promoting ‘love jihad’
A screenshot taken from the website of clothing brand ‘Karagiri’, which shows a couple, has been shared with a message that says the brand is promoting ‘love jihad’. The photo…
Bajrang Dal members apprehend two adults traveling in a train, falsely claim ‘love jihad’
On January 16, a Hindi-language website called Humlog published an article that claimed Bajrang Dal apprehended Aatif, a Muslim man, who attempted to abduct a married Jain woman. This post…
Another scripted video viral as Muslim youth trapping Hindu girl in ‘love jihad’
A video has been shared with the claim that a Muslim youth attempted to “trap” a Hindu girl in “love jihad”. The video shows two men filming the youth and…
MP mob beats up Hindu boy believing ‘love jihad’, video viral to further false spin
A video of a group of people beating a boy in police presence over an alleged case of ‘love jihad’ is widespread on social media. It is being claimed that…
Video of husband stabbing wife to death in Delhi shared with ‘love jihad’ spin
Videos showing violence against woman take little time to be circulated with ‘love jihad’ claims in India. Two videos have recently been shared with similar communal overtones. In the first,…
False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow
Around the first week of April, several social media users posted an image of a policeman interrogating a couple, while passers-by record the incident on phone cameras. The image has…
Old video of woman counselling same faith married couple viral with ‘love jihad’ spin
Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government enacted new anti-conversion legislation last month, aimed at preventing marriages between Muslim men and Hindu woman in the garb of combating ‘love jihad’ cases. The…
Graphic images of unsolved murder in Haryana viral with baseless ‘love jihad’ spin
Last month, several Twitter and Facebook users shared three images of a woman’s dead body found in a suitcase. The images are graphic, viewer discretion is advised. The viral text associated…
Explicit video of gym workout from Trinidad & Tobago viral with ‘love jihad’ spin in India
An explicit video that shows a fitness instructor touching a woman inappropriately in a public gym is being shared with a ‘love Jihad’ spin. “This gym is owned by ‘jihadi’…