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Viral video of armed civilians chasing a buffalo is from Pakistan

Abhishek Kumar11th July 202211th July 2022

A video of a group of people chasing a buffalo with advanced weapons like rifles, and pistols is gaining a lot of traction on social media. In the video, it…

No, youth pouring beer on Shivling in this video are not Muslims

Kinjal6th July 2022

A 26-second video of two men pouring beer on a Shivling has been circulating widely on social media. It is being claimed that the two are Muslims who committed this…

Staged child kidnapping video from Egypt viral in India targeting Muslims

Archit5th July 2022

A 30-second clip circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem – Twitter and Facebook – shows a person in a burqa allegedly drugging a child in public and placing the…

Police denies ‘RSS links’ of man falsely believed to fake Muslim identity in Jaipur

Kalim Ahmed1st July 2022

On June 28, two Muslim men beheaded a tailor named Kanhaiya Lal Sahu at his shop in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The two assailants recorded the barbaric incident on their phones and…

Fact-check: Muslim man thrown out of London’s Wembley Stadium for namaz offering?

Kalim Ahmed28th June 2022

A minute-long video clip where a man wearing a bandana gets punched by security personnel is widely circulating on social media. In the video, we can see a group of…

Zee News claims Buddhists “clashed” with Muslims in Ladakh. But what is the truth?

Archit27th June 2022

On June 16, Zee News posted a two-minute broadcast that showed people marching on hilly terrain. The march was carried out to create awareness for establishing a Gompa in Kargil,…

Agneepath scheme protest: Did ‘Shami Aslam’ pose as Hindu in chat inciting violence?

Kalim Ahmed21st June 2022

Amidst the ongoing nationwide protests against the implementation of the government’s Agneepath Scheme, a new military recruitment policy, a screenshot of an alleged chat on a WhatsApp group is widely…

Morphed poster of 2015 film ‘Muhammed’ viral

Kalim Ahmed17th June 202218th June 2022

Against the backdrop of the alleged derogatory remarks made by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma about the Prophet of Islam which caused a diplomatic stir for India, an alleged movie…

Cop kills self in Kolkata, video falsely linked to protest against Nupur Sharma

Abhishek Kumar16th June 2022

After now-suspended BJP spokesperson, Nupur Sharma made a controversial remark on Prophet Muhammad, members of the Muslim community across the country, including in Kolkata, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, protested…

Old video from Mumbai linked to protest in Kanpur against Nupur Sharma

Kinjal11th June 2022

An 18-second video clip of policemen carrying out a lathi charge is viral. It is being claimed that the police thrashed ‘Jihadi stone pelters’ in Kanpur. The video is being…

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Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links