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Old video from UP given false communal spin; victim and attacker from same community

Archit2nd October 2021

[Disclaimer: The video shows violence and can be disturbing for some viewers. Discretion is advised.] Twitter user @p4pakipower with 70,000 followers posted a clip of a man being beaten by…

False claim that only temples have to pay taxes viral

Kinjal2nd October 2021

On September 26, YouTuber Elvish Yadav tweeted that only Hindu temples have to pay taxes. His post received more than 8,600 retweets as of this writing. (Archive link) In a…

Video from Bangladesh falsely shared as man in burqa found with explosives in India

Kinjal30th September 2021

A video of policemen apprehending a man dressed in a burqa has been shared on social media. Facebook user Shashi Patil shared the clip and wrote that the video was…

Old, unrelated visuals falsely shared as Muslims in Bareilly thrashed cops

Kinjal29th September 2021

A photo of an injured policeman and a video that shows a mob thrashing cops is viral. According to the accompanying message, the Bareilly Civil Lines police issued challans to…

Boys conversing in this video hail from Hindu community; video viral targeting Muslims

Archit28th September 202129th September 2021

A video of two boys having a conversation about Hindus, Muslims and Islam is widely circulating on social media. One of the boys, who is on a cycle, claims or…

Man accused of raping minor girl in Delhi’s Bapa Nagar falsely identified as Muslim

Archit28th September 202128th September 2021

A video of a man apprehended by a group of people, including a woman who thrashes him, has been shared on social media. The group accuses the man of raping…

Fact-check: Did a ‘Kashmiri Pandit’ stop Muslim group from slaughtering cows in Kashmir?

Archit20th September 2021

A two-minute video of a man requesting a group to not slaughter cows near his home has been widely shared on social media. The man can be heard saying “…I…

Old photo of group detained for flouting COVID norms viral with false communal spin

Kinjal16th September 2021

A picture of a group of young people has been shared with the claim that 30 people were arrested following a raid conducted at a hookah bar in Madhya Pradesh….

Video from Hyderabad falsely shared as Hindus in Kerala stopped from worshiping Ganesh

Priyanka Jha15th September 2021

A video showing a group of police officers confiscating an idol of Hindu deity Ganesh as the crowd gathered around tries to stop them has been circulating widely on social…

Old video, fake tweet viral as Muslims spit on food served to farmers in Muzaffarnagar

Pooja Chaudhuri & Jignesh Patel13th September 202113th September 2021

A set of two images, an alleged tweet and a video has been shared on social media to promote the claim that Muslims spat on the food served during the…

Religion

After social media outrage, ‘Rashid Khan’ justifying Shraddha murder turns out to be Vikas Kumar

Kerala man assaulting child in viral clip is a Muslim, contrary claims on social media are false