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March 23 video from Maharashtra shared as Muslims gathering at mosque in Ahmedabad amid lockdown

Jignesh Patel29th April 2020

A video of a group of people leaving a mosque is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that members of the Muslim community are gathering at a mosque…

Twitter handles impersonating Arab personalities criticise India over Islamophobia

Jignesh Patel28th April 202028th April 2020

Several Arabian Gulf users recently took to Twitter to criticise India over the discrimination against Muslims in the country. Old, racist tweets by BJP parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women…

Disabled Muslim man hounded for accidentally dropping currency, accused of spreading coronavirus

Mohammed Zubair & Kinjal27th April 2020

A CCTV footage showing a Muslim man in a petrol pump reaching for his pocket to make a payment and dropping something on the ground is massively viral on social…

Video of currency notes in Indore falsely viral as ‘Muslim conspiracy’ to spread coronavirus

Kinjal20th April 2020

A video where a few policemen are seen picking up notes with sticks from a roadside and placing them inside a bag is doing the rounds on social media. It…

News24 shares old broadcast of namaz at Jama Masjid multiple times to portray mass gathering

Pooja Chaudhuri18th April 202018th April 2020

On Friday, April 17, Hindi media outlet News24 shared a video on Facebook titled, “कोरोना ने बदला इबादत की तरीका,दिल्ली के जामा मस्जिद का माहौल क्या है?” This translates to…

Old map of India shared to praise PM Modi on tackling coronavirus

Archit17th April 202021st June 2020

A map of India which compares Indian states with various countries on the basis of population has gone viral. Ram Madhav, national general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, was among…

No, Delhi Health Minister did not say no one from Nizamuddin Markaz tested positive for COVID-19

Archit15th April 202015th April 2020

A 16-second clip of Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendra Jain has gone viral on social media. On April 14, Facebook page ‘Mohsin Rfi Khan sp’ posted the viral video along with…

Image of Muslims offering namaz on rooftops in groups is from Dubai

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair14th April 202014th April 2020

An image of a group of people offering namaz together on the terrace of buildings is going viral on social media. Film director Vivek Agnihotri tweeted the image and asked,…

Mock drill video from Bihar’s Hajipur jail shared as cop suffering from coronavirus

Ketan14th April 202014th April 2020

A video of a policeman unable to walk straight falling on the ground is viral on social media. The cop is seen coughing and sneezing profusely. His fellow policemen come…

Old video of assault due to personal enmity in UP viral with false communal narrative

Kinjal14th April 202014th April 2020

On April 13, Twitter user Neha Rathore tweeted a two-minute video in which a man is tied a tree and brutally thrashed by a group on men. The video is…

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Did Sonia, Rahul Gandhi ‘disrespect’ ex-PM Manmohan Singh in meetings with foreign leaders?

Prayagraj arson: Old, unrelated videos shared as ‘deserving treatment’ meted out to Chandrashekhar Azad supporters