A video of a young man lighting a cigarette using a lamp inside a temple is going viral on social media with the claim that a Muslim man did this at the Ranamandala Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Adoni, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. Let’s check the truth. Facebook Post| Archive link Fact check: We started our […]
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A video of educator “Khan Sir” speaking and bowing in front of a portrait of ‘Bharat Mata’ went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users claimed that Khan Sir expressed his disappointment as the YouTube Teachers Vs Media debate took a religious turn. Instagram Link | Archived Link. However, upon investigation, we found that […]
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An independent candidate, Apekshaben Naineshbhai Soni, won Godhra’s Muslim-majority ward 7 in the recent 2026 Municipal Elections. Against this backdrop, a video of a group of Muslim people dancing on the road with BJP flags, went viral on social media linking it to the recent victory of Apekshaben Naineshbhai Soni in Godhra. Instagram Link | […]
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After the murder of 26-year-old Tarun Kumar of Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on March 4, 2026, the Muslims in Uttam Nagar offered Eid prayers on March 21 under heavy police security. Against this backdrop, a video of a massive crowd dancing on the streets with saffron flags went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users […]
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On March 4, 2026, 26-year-old Tarun Kumar was killed in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar after a minor Holi splash turned violent. 16 people have been arrested in connection with Tarun’s death. Protests broke out in that area and the protesters blocked the nearby roads. Against this backdrop, a video of a massive crowd went viral on […]
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The woman in the image is Bangladeshi actress Jouty Islam, and both images are related to Bangladeshi films. Two images have gone viral on social media, claiming that a Hindu woman named Nandini Mandal, who allegedly converted to Islam after marrying her Muslim lover Abdul Adil Khan, was later attacked and thrown out by him. […]
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An Instagram post claiming that 58,167 Muslim children are born daily pan-India, whereas 3337 Hindu children are born daily. The post stated that the record of child birth in the government hospitals in Kerala per day is: Hindu: 37 Christian: 12 Sikh: 17 and Muslim: 167 Instagram Link | Archived Link However, as we investigated, […]
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This is an old video from Kerala and the incident has no communal angle. A hijab controversy has erupted at a Christian management School in Kochi, Kerala, after a Class 8 student was not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, citing school uniform rules. This led to protests and a two-day shutdown of the […]
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This video is from Sri Lanka and there is no communal angle in this incident. A CCTV footage showing a man forcefully dragging a girl into a car, while a pedestrian rushed forward to stop him in an attempt to save the girl is going viral on social media. Users claimed the video showed the […]
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The girl arrested for cheating is not from the Muslim community. The police confirmed that the accused in the case were Hindus. A video of a lady wearing a burqa who was caught using high-tech equipment for helping an applicant in cheating during a government job exam in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh is going viral on social […]
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A video showing a man wearing a garland made of shoes has gone viral on the social media platform X. The user who shared the video claims that the man was humiliated because he is a Hindu teacher in Bangladesh. The post further alleges that radical Islamists in Bangladesh carried out this atrocity solely because […]
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Recently a video showing a large number of people running on a road went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users claimed that the Hindus in Jaipur had beaten the Muslims when they were offering namaz. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was misleading. […]
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Recently a video of a policeman being surrounded by a group of people while the former trying to flee went viral on social media. Sharing the video users claimed that the incident took place recently in Nadiya District, West Bengal. According to the caption, a policeman was beaten up by the rioters in Nadiya District, […]
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Recently a video of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went viral on social media. In the video, Mamata Banerjee can be seen addressing the public on a stage with a mic in her hand and saying, “The Jumla Party has deliberately created a dirty religion. We do not believe in that religion”. Sharing […]
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Recently a video of a group of Muslim people, with sticks in their hands, destroying trees, and farmland and taking away cattle went viral on social media. The video shows smoke in several places in the fields. Sharing the video, users wrote, “Muslim terrorists have evacuated 12 villages in West Bengal and destroyed 150 acres […]
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Recently clashes erupted between two communities in Mohanbari, Malda, West Bengal, leading to the arrest of 34 people. According to reports, on Wednesday, a preparatory rally for Ram Navami passed a local mosque. A section of people alleged that firecrackers were thrown near the mosque. On Thursday, as the news spread, a section of people […]
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After the Nagpur violence over Aurangzeb’s tomb, a video of some people calling for a boycott of the Muslim community allegedly from Nagpur went viral on social media. Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “Hindus in Nagpur taking collective decision to boycott and avoid muslims. This after the attack on Hindus by muslims […]
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Recently a video of a mob trying to enter a multi-storey building forcefully went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video is from Telangana and the mob is entering the houses of the Hindus with the slogan “Sar Tan Se Juda”(Head separated from the body). X Link | Archived […]
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Recently a video of deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan, went viral on social media with the claim that he attended an Iftar party. In the video, Pawan Kalyan can be seen wearing a Muslim Cap (Topi) and sharing dishes with others in a Muslim household. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as […]
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The man crying in the video was identified as a Muslim farmer named Nasim Miya, whose crops were burnt by miscreants A video of a man crying while sitting on a field after seeing the burned crop is being widely shared on social media. The viral video is being claimed that Muslims in Bangladesh burnt […]
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Recently, a video of two men attacking three women went viral on social media, claiming it to be an attack on Hindu women by Muslims in Bangladesh. Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “বাংলাদেশের উগ্র মৌলবাদীরা প্রকাশ্যে হিন্দু নারীদের হত্যার চেষ্টা করছে!!Radical fundamentalists of Bangladesh are openly trying to kill Hindu women!! #SaveBangladeshiHindus […]
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Recently a video of a mob holding sticks attacking others went viral on social media. The video is claimed to be from Bangladesh. Social media users are claiming that the Hindus of Bangladesh are being tortured like this. Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “Genocide of Hindus in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 is an eye […]
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Byline- This is an old image taken at Parthasarathy Temple in Chennai during the Brahmotsavam festival in 2012. The ‘Hindu Makkal Katchi’ (HMK-Hindu People’s Party, also pronounced as Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK), is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist party of Tamil Nadu) organised a protest march in Chennai on 3 November 2024, demanding protection to Brahmins […]
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On the occasion of Diwali, social media is flooded with videos and photos of various beautiful fireworks. Amidst this, a video of spectacular fireworks went viral on social media claiming it to be from the Diwali celebration in Saudi Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “Diwali celebration in Saudi Arabia”. Facebook Link | […]
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A video of a man killing another person on the street in a broad daylight is now going viral on social media. The victim was attacked by a man wearing a skull cap when he was instructing a truck to park. Few people rushed to the scene and the victim was taken in an autorickshaw. […]
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A video of a protest has been forwarded to our 24X7 Factline number 9049053770 with the claim that the Muslims are threatening the British Government to make England an Islamic country. In the video, a man can be heard saying, “This is our first message to the Parliament. People are making laws in Parliament. This […]
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Recently, a video was forwarded to our 24X7 Factline number 9049053770, which showed a woman being abducted by a few men. It’s being claimed that the video is from Bangladesh and the woman is a Hindu who was dragged by the Muslim miscreants. Forwarding the video, the user wrote, “Please let me know the details […]
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CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away on 12 September 2024. Following his death an image went viral on social media. The image shows a banner written in Hindi, “Comrade Sitaram Yechury Amar Rahe”, in front of which there’s a coffin and many people are standing around. It has been claimed that Sitaram Yechury was […]
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A video of a large number of Muslim people wearing religious caps, chanting slogans and holding banners went viral on social media with the claim that the video is from Bangladesh and the video shows a recent protest in Bangladesh against the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharing the video, a user […]
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This is an old video from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. According to sources, the accused and the victim are siblings, there is no basis for a communal angle. A disturbing video of a woman being brutally attacked by a man is going viral on social media with a communal claim that it shows a Muslim man […]
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Though Geetanjali Barua, the principal of Azimpur Govt. Girls School & College, was forced to resign, the woman shown tied to the tree in the image is an alleged outsider who claims to be a former college student. Amidst the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh social media is abuzz with many videos, images, and news alleging […]
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This video shows municipal engineer Taufiq Islam being forced to resign by student protesters in Bangladesh, not an attack on Hindu teacher. Amidst the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh social media is abuzz with many videos, images, and news alleging that there are big attacks against the minority Hindus in this context. A video going viral […]
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This video is from a stampede that happened in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh in July 2024 and it is unrelated to Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on August 5, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year […]
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The viral video shows an incident from Chattogram, where Chhatra League members were pushed off a building by the anti-quota protestors. It has no communal angle. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on August 5, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a […]
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Amid the Bangladesh unrest, a video of a woman signing on a paper while being surrounded by a group of people is going viral on social media claiming that she is a Hindu woman who was forced to resign from the government office. Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “Mass forced resignation of […]
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This video is not recent, and it does not show a Hindu protest in Bangladesh, but rather a Bangladesh Chhatra League rally held in September 2023. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on August 5, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a […]
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The viral video is a protest by a student of Jagannath University in Bangladesh and not an attack on Hindu women. At least 232 people were killed in Bangladesh in the incidents of violence that erupted across the country following the fall of the government led by Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024. Amidst this, […]
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A video of a woman brutally beaten by a few women in uniforms went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users are claiming that in the video a Muslim woman can be seen getting beaten by Hindutvavadis. A Facebook user wrote, “A video that the whole world should watch. A Muslim woman was brutally […]
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The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on 24 June 2024. President Draupadi Murmu administered oath to BJP legislator Bhartruhari Mahtab as the protem speaker. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took charge as the Leader of Opposition (LOP) in Lok Sabha. Veteran BJP leader Om Birla was elected the speaker for a consecutive second […]
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Recently an image of a postage stamp went viral on social media. The stamp has an image of a wrestler with a beard throwing another wrestler to the ground. According to the details written on the stamp, it was issued during the 9th Asian Games held in India in 1982. Sharing the image user wrote, […]
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The video shows a fight between two families following a land dispute. There is no Hindu Muslim communal dimension in this incident. There have been reports that minority Hindus in Pakistan have been targeted by the majority Muslim population in many places. A video with a similar claim went viral on social media recently in the […]
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The students of Government College in Kasargod, Kerala were arguing with a woman over a bus that did not stop for them. The incident has no communal angle. A video of an argument between a group of burqa clad girls and an elderly woman while travelling in a private bus is going viral with a […]
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The state of Haryana witnessed several incidents of communal violence this week. The violence that started in the Mewat region later spread to other regions resulting in the loss of lives and property. As these reports of violence emerged, a video was shared on Twitter showing a Muslim mob brutally assaulting a helpless man on […]
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The video shows an attack due to a political rivalry between IUML & CPI (M) in 2016 in Kerala. It is not a Muslim-led attack on Hindus, and there is no communal angle A video showing some people throwing stones at a building has gone viral on social media. Those who shared the video claim […]
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The viral video is not related to Skybags by VIP. It is edited by adding the Skybags logo to its end. The video is a recreation video of a song from a Malayalam movie. Recently social media has witnessed an increase of several allegations of ‘Love Jihad’ claims. A video showing a love story between […]
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A video of a man catching a kidnapper guised in a Burqa is going viral on social media platforms as a real incident of a Muslim man kidnapping a Hindu child. However, we found that this video is scripted and the incident shown in it is fictitious. Here is the fact-check. Viral Video Archived Tweet […]
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A video showing a group of women pulling out a man from his car and thrashing him has gone viral on social media. The video is claimed to be of a group of women thrashing a Muslim man who allegedly abused them. However, when we investigated we found that the incident is not communal. The […]
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Assam Police has clarified that no such incident has taken place in Assam. The viral images shows an incident of murder that took place in Brazil in 2010. After the recent Shraddha Walker incident, social media has witnessed an increase of several allegations of ‘Love Jihad’ claims. Most of these allegations have a similar pattern […]
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Actor and Politician, Paresh Rawal shared a poster that claimed ancient Hindu sages had correctly predicted features of the number 108. The poster shared by the Lok Sabha MP also claimed that the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Sun away from the Earth and the same applies to the Moon as well. […]
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The video does not show Hindu-Muslim clashes in Leicester after the India- Pakistan match in September 2022. The video shows a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini in London. A video showing a huge mob clashing amongst each other is widely circulating on social media with the claim that the incident took place in London where […]
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The incident took place before Navratri and no temple was set ablaze.The reason for the brawl was a disagreement over a parking space. A video showing a massive fire whilst people can be seen fighting in front of it is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that the video shows a Hindu temple that […]
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Agra Police confirmed to us that the incident has no communal angle related to it. A video showing a few policemen barging into an underground section of a café and busting couples in an intimate situation is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that this video is from a hookah bar in Madhya Pradesh […]
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The video is scripted and not based on any true incident. Users of social media are coming up with different ways of disposing of damaged flags. A video widely circulating on social media shows a Muslim man objecting to the display of the Indian national flag on their vehicles. The viral video shows a Muslim […]
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The accused of the incident does not belong to the Muslim community. They belong to the Hindu community. Social media users are sharing a video showing two boys pouring alcohol on a Shivling beside a river. Users claim that this video shows two Muslim boys pouring beer from a beer bottle on a Shivling to […]
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Image of temple razed in Karachi in 2012. Credits: AFP An image of Hindu deities placed on a pile of debris is being shared on social media claiming that the image is of a Hindu temple, recently vandalized in Karachi, Pakistan. However, the image is not related to the recent act of vandalism of a […]
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Rajnandgaon SP confirmed to us that the incident did not have any communal angle related to it. The police has already arrested five people in this matter. A video showing a brawl between groups of people is widely circulating on social media with a claim that the brawl took place between local Muslim youths against […]
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Murshidabad Police confirmed to us that the incident is not related to any love jihad incident. Both the accused and the victim belong to the Hindu community. A video showing a man stabbing a woman lying on the ground is widely circulating on social media with a narrative of Love Jihad on social media. Users […]
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Rajasthan Police clarified that the viral video is not from Karauli, Rajasthan. The video is old and the incident happened in Nizamabad, Telangana. Curfew was imposed in Karauli city of Rajasthan after communal tension broke out following stone pelting at a motorcycle rally passing through a Muslim-dominated area on Nav Samvatsar, the first day of the New […]
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The video is scripted and does not have any communal angle related to it. A video showing being inappropriately touched by a tailor during her measurements is widely circulating on social media with the claim a Hindu woman was molested by a Muslim tailor. A police officer later caught him when he tried to molest […]
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The video has no relation with the hijab controversy. The video is from Mumbai showing Maratha Morcha demanding reservation in jobs and education for the Maratha community in 2017. A video showing a huge crowd rallying with saffron flags on a bridge is widely circulating on social media as the hijab controversy rages on in […]
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The viral video is scripted and created for “awareness, entertainment and educational” purpose which has been falsely shared with false communal claims. A video showing few boys spiking the birthday cake of a girl and taking her inside the house when she is semi-conscious. Social media users claim that in the video, the group of […]
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The viral video is scripted and created for “awareness and educational” purpose which has been falsely shared with false communal claims. A video showing a group of men confronting a girl dressed in school uniform with a youth on his bike is widely circulating on social media claiming to be a video of a real […]
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Falakata Police and the Principal of Falakata College confirmed to Fact Crescendo that both the accused and victim belong to the Muslim community. The love jihad angle to the story is False An image showing an injured girl is circulating on social media claiming that a Muslim boy named Fayez Ahmad attacked the Hindu girl […]
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Public Information Officer at Travancore Devaswom Board and the company Al Zahaa confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral claim is False. The image does not show the original Aravana Payasam served at the Sabarimala temple. An image allegedly showing the “Aravana Prasadam” given to devotees at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is widely circulating […]
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Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the video is scripted and has been shared to spread awareness in the society Some videos published on social media with the intent of creating general awareness about crime get viral with different context. A similar video has gone viral on several social media platforms. The […]
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A video showing a man attacking another man with a rod is doing rounds on social media claiming that it is from India along with a narrative that suggests a communal angle. It is being claimed that the attacker belongs to the Muslim community and he is attacking a man from the Hindu community. It […]
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A viral image of a document widely circulating on social media claims that the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh did not appoint a single district chairman from the Hindu community. The list belongs to the Congress’ district chairman in Uttar Pradesh which only mentions Muslim names. The list has been digitally edited which mentions the […]
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A picture of an injured person and a blood-stained police uniform with “C Akilan” inscribed on it is being shared rapidly on social media. It is being claimed through this picture that a policeman in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was attacked by a Muslim mob when he tried to stop three Muslim youth who were in […]
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A video is doing the rounds on social media in which a burqa-clad woman can be seen smashing Ganesha idols. This comes just ahead of the upcoming festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Indian social media users have shared this video claiming that this video is from India, where a Muslim woman can be seen breaking Ganesha […]
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Many events are being spread on social media with the aim of misleading people by giving them a communal form. Meanwhile, while sharing a highly objectionable video on social media, it is being claimed that a person named Mukesh Suri of Bhopal hired a Muslim maid named “Hasina”. The woman was caught on CCTV footage […]
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In relation to the corona virus epidemic, a popular video is being shared on social media in which two men are seen attacking a man with an axe. Through this video it is being claimed that the video is of a recent incident in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, where a man named Revat Singh was brutally murdered […]
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The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is being widely opposed in many parts of India; these protests have been going on continuously 24X7 days in different places. The women protesting have made Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Lucknow’s Ghantaghar the center of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which has led to many misleading and inaccurate […]
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On October 29th 2019, a Facebook user named “RashmudinDehngalGuwalaya” posted a video that reads, “B.J.P. Vidhaayak Anil Upadhyay kay is bayaan par kya kahege Modi ji, in video ko itna viral karo ki ye poora Hindustaan dekh sake.” It can be seen in the video that many people are sitting on the road shouting slogans […]
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On 15 September 2014, a Facebook user named “Mohammad Talib” posted a video, which captioned “Durga was a beautiful prostitute. Durga was a beautiful Sex Worker. Smriti Irani”. Union Minister Smriti Irani is being blamed for a highly derogatory quote about Hindu goddess Durga on social media. In the video, Smriti Irani is reading a […]
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On 22nd July 2019, a Facebook user named Mohd Shameem Manihar shared a video with a claim that “in Modi’s Gujarat the terror of saffron terrorists. The incident took place at Ajwa crossroad Vadodara at around 3:00pn in the afternoon. A Muslim man was tied with ropes and beaten brutally by saffron terrorist. In this […]
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On 12th July 2019, a facebook user Heba Ahemed posted a news which was published by Caravan Daily. On 29th July 2019, Carvaan Daily published news article in which it was mentioned that a 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh after he refused to chant Jai […]
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On 12th July 2019 a Facebook user named Azamgarh Express posted a video. Its heading said “today the children of Madarassa in Unnao were made victims of hatred. This incident happened when the children were playing cricket in Madarassa. They were allegedly beaten up and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. This is new India […]
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Narrative on Social Media Archived Link A Facebook post in Malayalam with a caption that reads “Hindu terror attack on an Eidgah in Bihar. The attack with bows and arrows injured a lot of people,” is being shared since June 6 2019. The post also contains an image of a group of Muslim youth carrying […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A Facebook page called Karma News had posted a news video on Facebook claiming that the Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy has appointed a Christian as the chairperson of the board of the world’s richest temple. The video claims that Jagan Mohan Reddy who is a Christian himself has […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Chowkidar Sujit Sau’ shared a post on 3 June 2019. The post as translated from Bangla quoted “What is happening to Hindu people in West-Bengal? Where is Mamata Banerjee?” As per this post’s claim, the woman shown in the post is a Hindu woman being tortured in West-Bengal. Let us see […]
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