Religion

Viral videos of ‘Christian priest’ dancing: Man seen in the clips is a Brazilian actor dressed up as a pastor

Prantik Ali19th July 202319th July 2023

A video is viral on social media which shows a man, seemingly a Christian priest, dancing with a woman. The video draws immediate attention because the man who is in…

Bengaluru double murder fallout of biz rivalry; victim portrayed as ‘Hindu seer’ to set false narrative on social media

Oishani Bhattacharya15th July 2023

The news of a double murder in Bengaluru broke, on July 11. Two men — Phanindra Subramanyam and Vinu Kumar — were allegedly attacked and killed by a former colleague….

Pak woman Rabiya married her dad? False claim viral with clipped video; misreport by several outlets

Prantik Ali13th July 202314th July 2023

A video is viral on social media with the claim that a Muslim woman is getting married to her father. The 26-second clip appears to be a segment of an…

Man fighting with grandfather over the same woman after ‘Nikah Halala’? No, it’s a scripted video

Shreyatama Datta12th July 20236th December 2023

A 2.20-second clip has gone viral on social media. It shows an aged man seated next to a woman in a village setting even as a younger man confronts him….

Gurugram teen stabbed by ex-fiance Ramkumar: Video viral; Kannada daily, social media users add communal spin

Oishani Bhattacharya11th July 202311th July 2023

[The story only uses screenshots and not the viral video in view of the graphic nature of the content] A 35-second long video is being shared on social media with…

Gurugram transperson’s suicide: Right Wing social media users add communal spin

Oishani Bhattacharya10th July 2023

Trigger Warning: Suicide A video has gone viral on social media claiming that in Dharampur of Gurugram, a transgender person was killed and subsequently hanged by a few ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’…

Bengaluru Muslims calling for ‘boycott of Hindus’? 2019 video from Rajasthan viral with misleading claims

Shinjinee Majumder30th June 2023

A video of a man giving a speech to a crowd is currently viral on social media. Describing the video as recent, several users have claimed that the video was…

‘Bhagwa Love Trap’: An elaborate conspiracy theory in response to the ‘Love Jihad’ narrative

Kalim Ahmed29th June 202329th June 2023

A video surfaced on social media on April 7, 2023, featuring a man addressing a crowd outside a mosque in Farooq Nagar, Nagpur. Facing the gathering that emerges from the…

Odisha tragedy: Absconding station master ‘Sharif’ found in madrasa? False claim based on unrelated video

Shinjinee Majumder26th June 2023

A video of a naked, handcuffed man being beaten up is viral on social media currently, with the claim that he is Mohammed Sharif, the station master and main accused…

Hindu man stabs Muslim woman in MP; incident called ‘Love Jihad’ on social media

Abhishek Kumar26th June 2023

A video of a man being beaten up is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that this is another case of ‘Love Jihad’, from Seoni, Madhya…