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Do JNU, Jamia provide ‘free’ hostel accommodation to J&K Muslim students? False claim viral

Pooja Chaudhuri11th November 202026th August 2021

A widespread message carries a picture of a hostel building claiming that the Congress government had constructed a 400-room hostel for Jammu and Kashmir students at Jamia Millia Islamia in…

Video of police clashing with protestors in Barcelona falsely viral as France

Aqib Pathan7th November 2020

A video of street rioting is widespread on social media as an incident that recently took place in France. The clip is circulating against the backdrop of the recent French…

Video of street prayers: Neither from London nor linked to French teacher’s beheading

Aqib Pathan4th November 202018th October 2021

A video of Muslims offering prayers on the street has been shared with the claim that it’s from London. A provocative message accompanying the video reads, “If we do not…

Old video from Canada viral as Muslim woman assaulted by French policeman

Archit3rd November 2020

A video of a policeman assaulting a woman in handcuffs has been shared with the claim that a French policeman arrested a young Muslim girl and forcefully removed her headscarf. …

Photo of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor viral as ‘first image of Ram Temple in Ayodhya’

Anuradha Prasad3rd November 2020

Recently, two images have been going viral on Twitter and Facebook. The photos feature a structure with scaffolding around it, purportedly showing the construction of a temple. The accompanying Hindi…

Old video of Muslim woman attacked in Russia shared as France amid recent killings

Archit2nd November 2020

On October 16, French teacher Samuel Paty was decapitated in Paris for showing his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a class about freedom of expression. President Emmanuel Marcon,…

Video from Brazil viral as Muslim man hits in self-defence when attacked in France

Archit31st October 2020

Parts of the Muslim world protested against French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam and public backing of Charlie Hebdo cartoons following Samuel Paty’s beheading. Several Facebook users have now…

Bangladeshi short film scenes shared to claim sexual abuse in Indian madrasas

Priyanka Jha30th October 2020

A set of photographs of a man who seems to be sexually harassing a girl is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the incident took place in…

Old video from Germany falsely viral as ‘France declares war on Muslims’

Aqib Pathan30th October 2020

A video shared with the claim that France has “declared war on Muslims” is making the rounds on social media. It says that “the Great Mosque of Clichy in Paris…

Video of police lathi-charge during Durga idol immersion is from Bihar

Archit29th October 2020

A two-minute video of men dressed in camouflage uniform attacking a group of people huddled up around an idol of Hindu deity Durga is circulating on Facebook. Around October 27,…

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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