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No, Denmark hasn’t passed law making its Muslim population ineligible to vote

Priyanka Jha12th November 2020

Recently, a number of social media users have been claiming that the right to vote has been taken away from the Muslim community in Denmark. One such tweet came from…

Do JNU, Jamia provide ‘free’ hostel accommodation to Muslim students from J&K? No, false claim viral

Pooja Chaudhuri11th November 202030th May 2023

The photo of a multi-storeyed building is viral on Twitter with the claim that it is a 400-bed hotel at Jamia Milia Islamia, where only Muslim students aspiring to be…

Old, unrelated video viral as funeral of teenager who killed French teacher Samuel Paty

Aqib Pathan11th November 2020

A video of an Islamic funeral procession is widespread on Facebook with a Tamil caption claiming that a massive funeral service was conducted for 18-year-old teenager Abdullakh Anzorov who was…

Congress shares video of child pushing father’s stretcher in UP hospital as Bihar

Kinjal10th November 2020

In the backdrop of the Bihar assembly elections, a video of a child pushing a stretcher with a patient lying on it is circulating on social media. On the other…

Old image falsely shared as Turkish Pres Erdogan refused to shake hands with French Pres Marcon

Archit9th November 202011th November 2020

Several Facebook users have shared an image of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan along with the claim that the latter refused to shake hands with…

Bus with BSF jawans overturned in Bihar but claims of 9 soldiers dying is false

Priyanka Jha9th November 2020

Several pictures of men in camouflage uniforms surrounding an overturned bus have recently gone viral on social media. Users are claiming that these soldiers were on their way to Bihar…

Old video from Russia falsely shared as ballot stuffing during 2020 US elections

Kinjal9th November 20209th November 2020

All eyes were on the United States this week as the American elections just wrapped up, with democratic candidate Joe Biden becoming the president-elect. President Donald Trump alleged ‘vote rigging’…

BJP’s Himanta Biswa, media falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans raised by AIUDF supporters

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha6th November 20206th November 2020

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam MLA Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans were raised while welcoming All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal at Silchar…

Old video of spoilt cheese thrown in Saudi Arabia shared as Kuwaitis partake in ‘boycott France’

Kinjal5th November 2020

A video of a group of men in red-white uniforms dumping products into a truck is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Kuwaitis are throwing away these…

Old image from Bangladesh shared as Muslim leader from Assam Congress caught with arms

Aqib Pathan5th November 20209th September 2021

Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that Assam Congress leader ‘Amjad Ali’ was arrested with arms and bullets in his possession. The first image is of…

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Did Rahul Gandhi say ‘I don’t get any disease, I have direct connection with God’? No, viral video is clipped

Photos from Bangladeshi films shared to back cooked-up ‘Love Jihad’ story