Religion

Video from Bangladesh students’ protest viral with false communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya31st July 2024

A video of two women in burqas riding a scooter and distributing water bottles to some men is viral on social media. In the video, the men could be seen…

Kerala institute’s NEET success ad falsely viral as photos of Muslim beneficiaries of paper leak

Oishani Bhattacharya4th July 20245th July 2024

An image of a newspaper advertisement is viral on social media, claiming to show the beneficiaries of the NEET-UG paper leak. The image is being shared with the claim that…

Chicken shop on temple premises: Video from Pakistan peddled as Wayanad; Rahul Gandhi falsely targeted

Abhishek Kumar15th May 202415th May 2024

An X user named Swami Ramsarnacharya Pandey recently tweeted a video featuring a meat shop on a temple premises. It is claimed the video was shot at the Sita Ram…

Kukke Subramanya Temple: Newly appointed official is a Hindu, shows school certificate, govt document

Oishani Bhattacharya4th May 20244th May 2024

A newspaper clipping from Kannada daily Vijayavani’s Mangaluru edition is viral on social media. It carries the news of the appointment of a new assistant executive officer (AEO) at the…

Hindu girls abducted by ‘jihadis’ in Bengaluru? No, video from Egypt falsely viral

Oishani Bhattacharya6th January 2024

A 1.26-minute-long video is being widely shared on social media. In the video, seemingly CCTV footage from an elevator, two girls can be seen standing inside the lift when its…

Elderly Muslim man married to a child? No, viral photo shows teacher and student from Turkey KG school

Abhishek Kumar4th January 2024

A photo of a young girl posing with an elderly man is doing the rounds on social media. It is claimed that the two are married. Social media have shared…

UP gangrape footage falsely viral; In 2019 incident, perpetrators were all Muslims, victim a minor Hindu

Abhishek Kumar30th December 2023

A video of a group of men assaulting a girl while she pleads with them has been doing the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the incident…

Muslim man urinating on pork in supermarket? No, it’s a prank video by Dutch YouTuber

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair27th December 2023

A video is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows a Muslim migrant in the Netherlands urinating in the pork section at a supermarket. The cameraperson filming…

Priest assaulted with cricket bat: No communal angle, all 4 arrested are Hindus

Abhishek Kumar23rd October 2023

A purported video of a Muslim man beating a temple priest with a bat is viral on social media.  On X (formerly Twitter), a user named राष्ट्रवादी अरुण शुक्ला (@rashtrawadi_aru)…

No, Pak flag was not bigger or placed higher than Indian flag in Kerala mall

Abira Das14th October 202314th October 2023

A picture depicting the Pakistani flag apparently bigger in size and apparently placed higher than the Indian flag has gone viral on social media. Social media users have added a…