Religion

Old photo shared as Muslim men in Tripura stand with burnt religious textbooks

Aqib Pathan30th October 2021

A photograph of two men standing with charred books in their hands has been shared claiming the image was taken in Tripura. Viral claims insinuate that the charred books were…

Video from MP falsely viral as UP police thrash people offering namaz on the road

Kinjal29th October 202110th January 2022

A video of police personnel lathi-charging a group of people is viral on social media. It has been claimed that people offering namaz in public in Banaras were beaten by…

Noida police catches robbers gang, false anti-Muslim spin and links to Durga Puja added online

Abhishek Kumar29th October 2021

A video of police officers escorting a man who has been shot in his leg has been shared on social media with the claim that the man’s name is Adil,…

Shah Rukh Khan’s father was not six during Quit India movement – false claim viral

Kinjal29th October 2021

A newspaper clipping of a report on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s father is viral on social media. It is titled, “Shah Rukh Khan’s father Mir Taj Mohammad Khan was…

Awareness video falsely viral as Muslim man spikes Hindu woman’s drink to rape her

Priyanka Jha28th October 2021

A CCTV clip is viral on social media. Hariom Rajawat, a supporter of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, shared the video and wrote that it showed a Muslim…

Video from Bangladesh viral as Muslims in West Bengal demand closure of Kali Temple

Kinjal & Aqib Pathan27th October 2021

A video of a crowd raising slogans of ‘Allahu Akbar’ on the streets is viral on social media. It has been claimed that Muslims staged a demonstration to halt the…

Teacher trashes student for ‘loitering’, Sudarshan News injects false communal spin

Kinjal21st October 2021

Sudarshan News tweeted a video on October 16 that shows a teacher beating a pupil in class. The channel claimed that a Christian teacher in Tamil Nadu brutally beat up…

Is this an ISKCON monk killed in Bangladesh? No, 2016 photo from West Bengal

Archit20th October 202120th October 2021

On October 15, ISKCON Noakhali tweeted that its devotees were violently attacked and a temple was vandalised in Bangladesh’s Noakhali. It also claimed that a devotee was killed in the…

Old video of man hacked to death in Bangladesh viral as recent communal violence

Archit20th October 2021

[Disclaimer: Viral video depicts extreme violence. Only screenshots are used as identifiers.] Disturbing reports of communal violence in Bangladesh continue to unfold a series of targeted attacks against the minority…

Photos of Quran recital viral as Muslim parents marry their children

Kinjal20th October 20215th July 2022

Two juxtaposed photographs are viral on social media with the following claim – “Father married his own daughter so mother got furious and married her own son.” The pictures show…