Religion

Video of policeman beaten up in Ghaziabad in 2018 viral as Bareilly

Kinjal25th January 2021

A 25-second video of a mob beating a policeman has recently gone viral. The visuals show a woman hitting the cop with slippers. It is being claimed that ‘peacefuls’ (perojative…

Video of Mumbai Kisan rally falsely shared as farmers’ protest ‘hijacked’ by Muslims

Archit22nd January 2021

On January 21, farmer unions rejected the Centre’s proposal to keep the farm bills in abeyance for 18 months and reiterated their demand for the repeal of farm laws. The…

Photo of Muslim woman in solidarity with farmers at Tikri border viral with misleading claim

Kinjal19th January 2021

A photograph of a group of women seated onstage in front of a Punjabi banner has been shared with the text, “Women power on the Kisan stage – When did…

AAP, BJP, Congress politicise Delhi HC’s order to remove Hanuman temple at Chandni Chowk

Archit13th January 202116th January 2021

A Hanuman temple in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk was razed in the morning of January 3 as part of a beautification drive. The demolition sparked a political blame game where the…

Old image of Sikh man praying in mosque viral as Muslim man who posed as farmer

Archit12th January 202113th January 2021

An image of a Sikh man praying in a mosque is being shared on social media. On January 12, Indian Navy veteran Harinder S Sikka tweeted, “He went to attend…

Photo from Prayagraj falsely viral as mosque on Old Delhi railway junction

Kinjal11th January 202111th January 2021

An image of what appears to be a mosque on a railway platform has been widely circulating online. Several people have claimed that a mosque stands on the platform of…

Man claiming COVID vaccine will have mind control chip is Pakistani, NOT Indian

Kinjal8th January 2021

A video on the COVID-19 vaccine has sent social media into a tizzy. In the 56-second clip, a man is heard saying that the coronavirus vaccine has a chip in…

No, Nepal Supreme Court has NOT banned loudspeakers in mosques

Kinjal4th January 2021

Recently, a claim about mosques in Nepal has been doing the rounds on social media. It alleges that Nepal’s Supreme Court banned loudspeakers in mosques. Twitter user Deepak Sharma’s tweet…

Old video from Karnataka linked to stone-pelting during Ram Mandir rally in MP

Anuradha Prasad30th December 2020

Stone pelting and violence occurred between two groups in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on Friday (December 25) afternoon. According to reports, Hindu groups in Ujjain were carrying out a rally to…

Video of man attacking woman with machete given false communal spin

Archit25th December 202025th December 2020

A 30-second video of a man attacking a woman with a machete has been shared with ‘love jihad’ claim on Twitter and Facebook. The viral messages suggest that Ismail murdered…