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‘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…

Shirdi Sai Trust did not donate Rs 35 Crore for Hajj; false claim viral

Kinjal26th June 202326th June 2023

A screenshot of a Google search page is being widely shared on social media, which shows that the Shirdi Sai Trust has donated Rs 35 crore for Hajj. The search…

France knife-attack: Suspect a Syrian Christian; False ‘Jihad Watch’ report calling him a Muslim viral in India

Oishani Bhattacharya26th June 2023

A few weeks back, a video surfaced on social media, which showed a knife-wielding man stabbing people, including toddlers and an elderly man, in a playground in Annecy, France. The…

‘Mera Abdul Aisa Nahi Hai’: How the ‘Abdul’ trope has been mainstreamed to demonise Muslim Men

Shinjinee Majumder & Jaisal E. K.22nd June 202323rd June 2023

‘Uska Abdul alag tha’ (Translation: Her Abdul was different), wrote verified Twitter user Arpita Shaiva earlier this month while tweeting an image of a man on a motorcycle apparently carrying…

Did Hindu woman disrupt prayers in US mosque? No, she’s Muslim and mentally ill

Kinjal20th June 2023

A purported video of a Hindu woman barging into a mosque and disrupting Eid prayers in Virginia, USA, is being circulated widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed…

Hindu woman beheaded 6 Muslims in Varanasi after rape threat? Fake report viral; no such incident, confirm police

Shinjinee Majumder19th June 2023

An image of an apparent report by UP Tak (a Lucknow-based media outlet from India Today’s ‘Tak’ cluster) is viral in which it is claimed that a Dalit woman is…

Shivam from UP beat up wife over dowry, video shared with ‘Abdul’ jibe to communalise crime

Kinjal19th June 2023

Trigger warning: Violence A video of a man beating a woman is being widely shared on social media. In the video, this man first hits the woman with a stick…

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After arrest of nuns in Durg, Christians in Sehore, Raipur & Balasore allegedly attacked over ‘forced conversions’

Why PM Modi’s dig at ‘infiltrators’ in Independence Day speech could spell trouble