Religion

Video from Pakistan shared as people flouting lockdown for Eid in Hyderabad and Delhi

Kinjal21st May 202021st May 2020

A 24-second video of a crowded market has gone viral on social media with the claim that Muslims flouted the lockdown for shopping. It is noteworthy that Eid is set…

No, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in Tamil Nadu

Archit21st May 202021st May 2020

In the past few days, several Twitter users have posted an illustration that claims that electricity charges for temples are higher than what mosques and churches have to pay in…

BJYM’s Abhijat Mishra falsely claims illegal Bangladeshis attack Bihari family in West Bengal

Archit19th May 202019th May 2020

Several users on Facebook and Twitter have shared a two-minute video of a woman crying and complaining that the police took her brother away after her neighbour vandalised their house….

BJP MP Arjun Singh shares video of bleeding Muslim men as Hindus attacked in West Bengal

Jignesh Patel18th May 202018th May 2020

Reports of clashes between two communities in Telinpara and Bhadreswar area of Hoogly district emerged on May 11. Soon after West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh posted a video which…

Gopalganj case: Boy drowns in river, OpIndia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha17th May 202018th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, right-wing propaganda website OpIndia claimed that a mosque sacrificed a Hindu boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj. “A new mosque had been built in the…

Fact-check: Did TN govt direct temples to pay Rs 10cr to fund 5,450 tonne free rice to mosques?

Archit16th May 202019th May 2020

On April 29, OpIndia (archive link) published an article with the headline — ‘5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,985 mosques, 47 temples have to pay rupees ₹10 crores: Tamil…

Old, unrelated video shared as brutality on Hindus in West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri16th May 202016th May 2020

Several users on Twitter have shared a video of a man ruthlessly beating two men with a stick while a crowd of spectators encourages the violence. General Secretary of Vishwa…

Video of attack on doctor in UP’s Aligarh shared with misleading narrative

Pooja Chaudhuri15th May 202015th May 2020

A video of a mob stone-pelting and firing shots in a narrow alleyway has been widely shared across social media platforms. National executive member of BJP Kisaan Morcha, Amit Dixit,…

Images of Hindus attacked in Pakistan falsely linked with communal clashes in West Bengal’s Telinipara

Jignesh Patel15th May 202015th May 2020

A total of 129 people have been arrested so far over their alleged involvement in clashes that erupted between two communities in West Bengal’s Telinipara after members of one community…

Clip of a street play on social distancing viral with false communal angle

Archit14th May 202014th May 2020

A two-minute clip of a street play on the importance of social distancing during the pandemic has gone viral. In the play, we can see police officers requesting a Muslim…