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Old sexual assault video from Andhra revived with false communal spin

Priyanka Jha6th April 20216th April 2021

A disturbing video of a man sexually assaulting a girl while another records the act has been shared with the claim that a Muslim woman ‘handed over’ her Hindu friend…

Muslim couple marrying Hindu foster daughter to Hindu man shared with misleading claim

Anuradha Prasad3rd April 2021

Several social media users have shared a picture with the claim that Muslim parents in Kerala married their daughter into a Hindu family. “She will be safe in the Hindu…

Fact-check: Did Muslims enter a ‘temple’ in Maharashtra’s Malanggad to disrupt aarti?

Archit3rd April 20213rd April 2021

Two videos have surfaced on social media that show a heated confrontation between Muslim and Hindu communities at a place of worship. The videos show them arguing near two enshrined…

Sudarshan News communalises clash between Muslim groups at Uttarakhand’s Jaspur dargah

Pooja Chaudhuri1st April 20212nd April 2021

A fight that broke out between two groups was reported by Sudarshan News as Muslims attacking and chasing ‘secularists’ with sticks for offering chadar at Jaspur dargah in Uttarakhand. उत्तराखंड में जसपुर दरगाह…

Muslims falsely blamed after UP youths accidentally hit themselves with acid bottles on Holi

Kinjal1st April 20211st April 2021

[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some.] A video of cream applied on the bodies of two burn victims has been shared on social media with the claim that they…

Women in this photo are not Bangladesh Liberation War ‘freedom fighters’

Anuradha Prasad30th March 2021

Vishwa Hindu Parishad spokesperson and joint secretary (Konkan) Shriraj Nair recently shared a collage of two photographs. The first is black and white, featuring four women seated in a jeep…

Violence between police and civilians in Rajasthan given false communal spin

Priyanka Jha27th March 202119th July 2021

Video footage of a mob beating two policemen has gone viral on social media. It also shows the crowd attacking another officer who tried to save his colleague. The video…

Distasteful road safety awareness video leads to anti-Muslim misinformation on social media

Archit25th March 2021

A video widespread on social media shows a man stopping two Muslim men riding a motorcycle without helmets. This leads to a heated altercation and a mob brandishing swords and…

Congress members endorse misleading ad on Rajasthan budget for Muslim religious sites

Archit25th March 202126th March 2021

On March 12, an advertisement was published in leading Hindi daily Rajasthan Patrika which said, “For the first time in the history of Rajasthan budget, Rs 100 crore has been…

Mumbai lab technician’s arrest in fake COVID test reports case given false communal spin

Kinjal18th March 2021

Social media users have been sharing a picture of a man claiming that he is a lab technician from Mumbai named Abdul Khan. The claim suggests that he is informing…

Religion

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