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‘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…

Kedarnath pilgrims assaulted by mule operators: Video viral with false communal claim, all accused Hindu

Oishani Bhattacharya16th June 2023

A video is viral on social media with the claim that in Kedarnath a few horse and mule operators had assaulted some devotees with sticks. The users also claimed that…

Paharganj video: Woman slit own wrist after altercation with friend; Sudarshan News added ‘Jihad’ twist

Kalim Ahmed13th June 2023

A 33-second long video in which a mob is roughing up a young man while a woman with her wrist slit stands next to him is viral on social media…

Video of Meerut boy & girl shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims, cops initiate action against users

Oishani Bhattacharya12th June 2023

[The story uses only screenshots of relevant social media posts, instead of embedding the actual posts, to withhold the identity of the minors involved.] Last week, a video from Meerut…

4 Hindus held for Bulandshahr temple vandalism; videos viral with misleading communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya9th June 2023

During the wee hours of June 1, almost a dozen of idols of Hindu deities in four temples in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, were vandalized by some miscreants. According to the…

2017 London acid attack victim’s photo viral in India with false communal claims

Oishani Bhattacharya8th June 2023

A photo collage of a woman is being shared by social media users which seemingly shows an acid-attack victim. Several users have claimed that the perpetrator was a Muslim by…

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Hindu youths desecrated temples in UP with ‘I love Muhammad’ graffiti to frame Muslim peers, arrested

Muslim man kidnapped minor Hindu girl? Jammu case falsely communalized