Religion

Morphed newspaper clipping claims Tablighi Jamaat’s Maulana Saad donated Rs 1 crore to PM CARES fund

Kinjal8th April 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic has caused an economic crisis in India, multiple individuals came forward to donate money in the PM-CARES fund which has reportedly raised Rs 6,500 crore since…

Viral audio falsely claims Muslim vendors have sprung up in Surat to spread coronavirus

Jignesh Patel7th April 20208th April 2020

A 6:24 minute audio clip is circulating on messaging applications such as WhatsApp. In the audio clip, a man introduces himself as a resident of City Light area of Surat,…

Media misreport: Tablighi Jamaat members defecate in open after being refused non-veg food

Jignesh Patel7th April 20207th April 2020

On April 4, Hindi daily Amar Ujala published an article with the headline, “क्वारंटीन वार्ड में भर्ती जमातियों ने मांगा मांसाहारी भोजन, नहीं देने पर खाना फेंका, फिर खुले में…

Old video from Philippines shared with false claim of Muslim man spitting on bread

Priyanka Jha7th April 20208th April 2020

A video of a man opening sealed packets of bread from a loading truck while licking his fingers has gone viral on social media in the light of the coronavirus…

Old video falsely shared as mother-daughter duo caught selling drugs in Shaheen Bagh

Archit7th April 20207th April 2020

A three-minute video which appears to depict seizure of illegal drugs is being circulated on social media with the claim that it is a recent incident from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh….

Old video of Texas teen spitting in jar viral again with misleading communal insinuation

Pooja Chaudhuri6th April 202014th June 2023

A video of a man spitting in a jar with the label ‘Sweet Tea’ and placing it back on a supermarket rack is making the rounds across social media platforms….

Video from Pakistan falsely viral as Muslims punished in India

Priyanka Jha6th April 20209th April 2022

A video is viral on social media which shows a group of Muslim men performing a punishment called “murga” in Hindi where a person is made to squat, hold their…

Old video of racist heckling falsely viral as Muslim man spits on passenger in New York metro

Archit4th April 20208th April 2020

A 40-second video that shows a man spitting on another at a metro station has been shared by several social users along with the text, “New York, an islamic jihadi…

Video of Muslim vendor’s unhygienic handling of fruits falsely linked with spreading coronavirus

Jignesh Patel & Mohammed Zubair4th April 20208th April 2020

A video of a vendor licking his finger while handling fruits on his cart has been massively shared on social media in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. While the…

Police action on temple priest flouting lockdown in MP falsely communalised

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd April 20205th April 2020

A photograph of a policeman pinning down a Hindu priest has been widely shared by several prominent social media users. National spokesperson of Vishva Hindu Parishad, Vijay Shankar Tiwari, claimed…