Religion

No, this is not a photo of Muskan, the student who took on saffron-clad mob in Mandya

Pooja Chaudhuri9th February 202210th February 2022

The ban on hijab that started with a college in Udupi has spread to multiple other districts in Karnataka. While female Muslim students have been protesting against the discriminatory regulation,…

Karnataka hijab row: Muslim mob falsely accused of injuring female student in ‘stone-pelting’

Kalim Ahmed9th February 20229th February 2022

Violence has spread to several districts in Karnataka amid colleges prohibiting students to attend classes wearing hijabs and the government backing the ban. As Muslim students protest against the ban…

Old video from Punjab falsely shared as woman buring burqa accidentally sets herself ablaze

Kalim Ahmed8th February 20228th February 2022

A 1:12-minute long video of a group of women atop a water tank burning a piece of cloth, and one of the women immolates herself during the incident, is circulating…

BJP members falsely claim Shah Rukh Khan ‘spat’ on Lata Mangeshkar’s mortal remains

Pooja Chaudhuri7th February 2022

A video of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan paying respects and offering prayers at the funeral of late singer Lata Mangeshkar was shared by BJP office bearers with the claim…

Video from Thane falsely viral as Muslim woman preventing flag hoisting on R-Day

Kalim Ahmed3rd February 20223rd February 2022

A 2:20-minute long video is being circulated on social media with the claim that a Muslim woman in Maharashtra prevented people from hoisting the Indian national flag and snatched the…

Video from 2020 Delhi riots shared as Muslim youth from Rajasthan thrashed in Kashmir

Kalim Ahmed22nd January 202222nd January 2022

[TW: Video contains strong language and violence.] A video of five injured men being forced to sing the national anthem and ‘Vande Mataram’ by security personnel has been shared on…

Mazar built over Shiv Mandir in Rajasthan? Sudarshan News shares communal misinfo

Kalim Ahmed22nd January 2022

A two-part video was shared by Sudarshan News on January 21. In the first part, a man representing the Dharohar Bachao Samiti claims that a Shiv Mandir has been shut…

Bajrang Dal members apprehend two adults traveling in a train, falsely claim ‘love jihad’

Archit20th January 2022

On January 16, a Hindi-language website called Humlog published an article that claimed Bajrang Dal apprehended Aatif, a Muslim man, who attempted to abduct a married Jain woman. This post…

Alt News Impact: Facebook and YouTube ban accounts posting hate speech

Pooja Chaudhuri20th January 202220th January 2022

On December 23, 2021, Harish Ramkali, a member of the Bajrang Dal in Haryana, posted on Facebook that any school that dresses its students as Santa Claus without prior permission…

Video of brothers reuniting 74 years after India-Pak partition shared with false claim

Kalim Ahmed14th January 2022

A viral video of two brothers, one from India’s Punjab and the other from Pakistan’s Punjab, reuniting after being separated for 74 years due to the partition was recently widespread…