Religion

India TV and others falsely dub Ghaziabad incident as ‘Urine Jihad’, Both Accused and Complainants are Hindu

Oishani Bhattacharya17th October 202418th October 2024

A 32-year-old woman working as a house help for a real estate business owner was arrested on October 16 for allegedly using her urine for cooking. The Ghaziabad police registered…

Countries like Turkey, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria etc do have Waqf; Sambit Patra’s claim in LS false

Oishani Bhattacharya14th October 20243rd April 2025

The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the early hours of Thursday, April 3, after a marathon 12-hour debate, with 288 parliamentarians voting for it and 232 voting…

‘What is our fault?… that we are Hindus?’ Tales of attacks on minorities pour in from Bangladesh

Shinjinee Majumder18th August 2024

“..We always remained silent; whatever the students did, they did well. We had nothing to say. We stayed quiet… everything they did was fine. But today, why should we be…

Video from Bangladesh students’ protest viral with false communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya31st July 2024

A video of two women in burqas riding a scooter and distributing water bottles to some men is viral on social media. In the video, the men could be seen…

Kerala institute’s NEET success ad falsely viral as photos of Muslim beneficiaries of paper leak

Oishani Bhattacharya4th July 20245th July 2024

An image of a newspaper advertisement is viral on social media, claiming to show the beneficiaries of the NEET-UG paper leak. The image is being shared with the claim that…

Chicken shop on temple premises: Video from Pakistan peddled as Wayanad; Rahul Gandhi falsely targeted

Abhishek Kumar15th May 202415th May 2024

An X user named Swami Ramsarnacharya Pandey recently tweeted a video featuring a meat shop on a temple premises. It is claimed the video was shot at the Sita Ram…

Kukke Subramanya Temple: Newly appointed official is a Hindu, shows school certificate, govt document

Oishani Bhattacharya4th May 20244th May 2024

A newspaper clipping from Kannada daily Vijayavani’s Mangaluru edition is viral on social media. It carries the news of the appointment of a new assistant executive officer (AEO) at the…

Hindu girls abducted by ‘jihadis’ in Bengaluru? No, video from Egypt falsely viral

Oishani Bhattacharya6th January 2024

A 1.26-minute-long video is being widely shared on social media. In the video, seemingly CCTV footage from an elevator, two girls can be seen standing inside the lift when its…

Elderly Muslim man married to a child? No, viral photo shows teacher and student from Turkey KG school

Abhishek Kumar4th January 2024

A photo of a young girl posing with an elderly man is doing the rounds on social media. It is claimed that the two are married. Social media have shared…

UP gangrape footage falsely viral; In 2019 incident, perpetrators were all Muslims, victim a minor Hindu

Abhishek Kumar30th December 2023

A video of a group of men assaulting a girl while she pleads with them has been doing the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the incident…