A picture of a Muslim teacher comparing Islam to Hinduism in a classroom, and showing his students that Islam is superior of the two, is viral on social media.
Between June 26 and 30, 2025, X users @Sassy_Soul_, @HPhobiaWatch and @Fatima_Khatun01 shared this image claiming that such things were being taught in Islamic institutions or madrasas.
Readers should note that this image was also viral in 2018 with similar claims. Even then, individuals and groups with a high number of followers had shared the image.
Below are some of the older claims.
Viral since 2018
इन सुअरों द्वारा ये शिक्षा दी जाती है मदरसों में..फिर कहते हैं हिन्दू भाईचारा नही रखते Hinduism -0 and Islam -3(These pigs teach this in the madrasas .. Then they say Hindus don’t keep the brotherhood Hinduism -0 and Islam -3 -translated). This message was posted in a public group named WE SUPPORT NARENDRA MODI, which has more than 28 lakh members.
The image has been shared on many other public groups on Facebook like एक करोड़ हिंदुओं का ग्रुप (एड होते ही 150 हिंदुओ को एड करो) जय श्री राम with more than 500,000 members, I Am Proud Indian with over 11 lakh members and अगर आप राजपूत हैं तो Join कीजिये ये ग्रुप,देखते हैं FB पर कितने राजपूत है which has more than 18 lakh members. Moreover, it was widely shared on Facebook and X with different text but the same context.
A tweet by a user Pooja Goswami(@PoojaGoswami_01) has been retweeted and ‘liked’ more than 650 times at the time of writing. The tweet has now been deleted. The account is followed by more than 60000 followers. Controversial journalist Jagrati Shukla has also retweeted the tweet from Pooja Goswami(@PoojaGoswami_01).
Fact Check
Alt News did a reverse image search and found that the image was from April, 2018.
The image shows a photograph of a school, Darul Uloom Husseini, in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. At the time, many news organisations had reported the story and carried the photograph. According to an Outlook report, “This madrasa has become a center for modern education, where along with Arabic and English, Sanskrit is also taught (translated from Hindi)”. It further states, “The specialty of this ,adrasa is that Sanskrit is being taught by a Muslim teacher. Probably, this is the first time ever that Sanskrit is also being taught in madrasa.”
Thus, the viral image is morphed and has been amplified with false communal claims. In reality, the image showed the madrasa teacher guiding students in Sanskrit, not comparing Islam and Hinduism.
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