Religion

Scripted drama showing woman’s cake spiked viral with anti-Muslim spin

Archit15th December 202115th December 2021

A video that shows a group of young men who appear to be celebrating a woman’s birthday is viral on social media. Apart from her, there is one more woman…

Photo from Nikah ceremony shared as Quranic verses read in Sahitya Sammelan in Maharashtra

Priyanka Jha9th December 20219th December 2021

BJP leader Hariom Pandey recently shared an image claiming it was taken at a literature festival in Maharashtra. He claimed that literary festivals are now being commenced with a reading…

Minor girl’s rape in UP’s Baghpat shared with false anti-Muslim spin

Archit6th December 20216th December 2021

On November 29, Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran reported that a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district was allegedly raped by two men. Subsequently, several social media users shared…

Awareness video falsely viral as woman pepper sprays at Muslim harassers at bus stop

Archit24th November 2021

A video that appears to be CCTV footage shows three men harassing a woman at a bus stop. The two-minute clip ends with another woman pepper spraying the men. Several…

Viral: False claim that Christian priest appointed in Tamil Nadu desecrates idol

Archit24th November 2021

Two images of Hindu priests have gone viral. The image on the left shows a priest drinking alcohol while the second shows a priest standing on an idol of a…

Aligarh police denies Muslim hawker’s thrashing was communal. What is the truth?

Priyanka Jha23rd November 2021

On October 31, journalist Sachin Gupta of Dainik Bhaskar tweeted that a hawker named Aamir selling clothes in UP’s Aligarh was beaten up by two people. They tore his clothes…

Sulli Deals: Organised attempt to blame a Muslim youth for the app

Mohammed Zubair, Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri15th November 202115th November 2021

On July 4, dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves “up for sale” on an app that went by the name “Sulli Deals”. The app uploaded publically available pictures…

Old image from unrelated case shared as actor Poonam Pandey in hospital

Priyanka Jha15th November 2021

On November 8, ANI cited the Mumbai police informing that actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay was arrested in Mumbai after she complained of assault. She was admitted to a…

Old image of Shahrukh Khan morphed to show him sporting “vote for MIM” t-shirt

Archit13th November 2021

Several social media users have shared an image of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan wearing a t-shirt with the text ‘Vote for MIM’ and a logo of a kite. MIM is…

Did an NGO file a plea to stop road construction along India-China border?

Kinjal13th November 2021

A photo of people sitting with placards in their hands has been shared on social media. One of the placards allegedly reads, “No road on Indo-China border”. It is being…