Religion

Sudarshan News adds false communal spin to UP incident where a man was attacked

Archit30th August 202130th August 2021

On August 26, a video of four men mercilessly thrashing a man was shared on social media. A Twitter user posted the video and wrote, “Raju was beaten mercilessly by…

Fact-check: Did Ujjain police demolish houses of those accused of chanting ‘Pak Zindabad’?

Kinjal & Mohammed Zubair30th August 2021

Madhya Pradesh police recently arrested 10 youths, four of whom were booked under the National Security Act (NSA), for allegedly raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at a Taziya function in Ujjain….

Fact-check: Were Ujjain youth forced to chant ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ after alleged pro-Pak slogans?

Kinjal28th August 202128th August 2021

A video of a group of boys being beaten and forced to chant ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ is making the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that people who raised…

No, there aren’t any Muslims in this video ‘mocking’ Hindu culture

Kinjal27th August 2021

A video of a group of people dancing to the beats of a drum around a bonfire has been shared on social media. It has been claimed that people from…

Woman saying she has 18 children does not hail from the Muslim community

Kinjal27th August 2021

A video of a woman’s interview where she reveals she has given birth to 18 children is circulating widely on social media platforms. The woman tells the interviewer that her…

Old video from Karnataka shared amid protests by Hindu groups in Ujjain

Anuradha Prasad26th August 2021

Madhya Pradesh police invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against four youth in Ujjain accused of chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ during a Taziya function held on August 19. Since then, several…

Video of murder in Karnataka shared as Rajasthan, false communal spin added

Archit26th August 2021

A one-minute video of a man being assaulted by a group of four is circulating on WhatsApp. Out of the four men, one has an axe. As per social media…

Controversial Krishna cartoon wasn’t designed by Myntra but third party 5 years ago

Priyanka Jha25th August 2021

Kalpana Srivastava, national president of the Shankaracharya Gurukul Trust, tweeted a controversial cartoon and claimed it was designed by e-commerce website Myntra. It depicts the disrobing of Draupadi, a character…

BJP spokesperson shares old video of Pak man threatening PM Modi, many believe video is from India

Aqib Pathan21st August 2021

BJP spokesperson Shalabh Mani Tripathi posted a 30-second video of a Muslim man threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The man in the video says, “Imran Khan has given them respect,…

Facebook post from 2015 ascribing false quote to ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia viral

Archit21st August 202121st October 2021

Several people have shared an image of former Bangladeshi PM Begum Khaleda Zia ascribing the alleged quote to her – “I regret the continuing of massacre of Hindus & Buddhists…