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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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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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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On 17 March 2025, communal violence erupted in Nagpur, Maharashtra after the members of Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal staged a protest chanting slogans calling for the removal of the tomb of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Against this backdrop, a video of policemen beating two men went viral on social media linking it to […]
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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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A video of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli wearing ethnic wear went viral on social media with the claim that he joined an Iftar party with the Muslim cricketers. In the video, one clip shows Virat Kohli greeting a few Muslim people and in another clip few cricketers wearing the jersey of Pakistan can be seen […]
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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 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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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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The video is from the Syrian city of Raqqa, where a girl was beaten up by her family members on suspicion of being pregnant. A video of people brutally beating a girl with sticks is going viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen dragging the girl by her hair and […]
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Last week, Muslim students staged a protest against the Principal of Nirmala College in Muvattupuzha, Kerala, after the Principal denied them permission to pray inside the college campus. Following the protests, the college authorities called a press conference and reiterated their stance that prayers cannot be allowed on the college campus. A joint delegation from […]
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An image of Devi Chitralekha Ji who is known for her Bhagwat Kathas is going viral on social media. Chitralekha Ji has many followers across the globe. Social media users are claiming that being a devoted Hindu, she is spending time in the USA along with her Muslim husband. However, Crescendo found the claim to […]
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A video of a man spitting in a glass of water is going viral on social media. It’s being claimed that the video shows an incident of Spit Jihad and the man here is Muslim. Sharing the video, a user wrote, ” A brand new video of spit jihad (of July 2024) from Aligarh Court. Even […]
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A video of some people parading an injured horse has been forwarded to our 24*7 Factline number 9049053770. It has been claimed that during the rituals of Muharram in Mumbai, Muslims took this horse and repeatedly mutilated it with a knife. Archived Link. The video was shared on Twitter (X) too. Twitter Link | Archived […]
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Recently a video was forwarded to our 24*7 Factline number 9049053770 claiming it to be a Chinese soldier beating a Uyghur Muslim for keeping a copy of the Quran at his home. Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the viral video was not from China, but from Indonesia and it […]
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IUML activists wore green jerseys with Arangadi printed in English on the front. On the front right side of the jerseys, the IUML emblem and on the left side, we can see the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) flag. A video of a group of people wearing green t-shirts and shouting slogans in front of […]
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Recently a video of a woman shot openly went viral on social media claiming it to be from Manipur. The video was forwarded to our 24*7 Factline number 9049053770 with the caption, “Supreme court wants proof of Manipur (State of India) crimes against Muslims so I request you to make this video viral within 48 […]
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Currently, a video of a lady warning people about love jihad is going viral on social media. In the video, she was explaining how Muslim people lure Hindu girls in their love and then marry them to blackmail and divorce them later. She also elaborated how Hindu girls suffer and become victims of these men. […]
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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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In the midst of the 2024 general election, a newspaper clip carrying news about West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is going viral on social media. The headline reads, “Hardly anyone knows the real name of Mamata Banerjee.” Further the content of the newspaper clip states that the real name of Mamata Banerjee is Mumtaz […]
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A few images showing pages of a textbook have been shared on social media platforms for the past few days. These images appear to be from a textbook for children, teaching them values and hygiene. The images feature characters with Hindu and Muslim names. X User, Mr. Sinha ( Modi’s family), shared these images and […]
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Fida Fatima has yet to complete her pilot training course. She is now undergoing training at the IGRUA Training Centre in Uttar Pradesh. A girl from Kerala’s Malappuram Tuvvur who fulfilled her dream of becoming a pilot is flying a flight from Calicut to Delhi for the first time which is now going viral on […]
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The principal of the institution clarified to us that the aim of teaching Sanskrit to Muslim students is to learn and understand other languages and religions. A video of a class in which a teacher is teaching Muslim students Sanskrit is going viral on social media, with the claim that a Muslim teacher is instructing […]
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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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A video clip featuring former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, social activist, and psephologist, Yogendra Yadav is making buzz on social media platforms. Citing this clip, some users have claimed that the AAP co-founder and a popular face in the India Against Corruption movement is actually a Muslim named Salim. The posts also allege that […]
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A video clip of a woman apparently desecrating a Hindu deity has gone viral on social media. It has been claimed that a Burqa-clad Muslim woman hurled eggs at the poster of Lord Ram in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad). Fact Crescendo received this video with fact-check requests on our WhatsApp Tipline (9049053770). We found out that the […]
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With a striking tally of 135 seats, the Congress party triumphed over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka assembly election 2023. The incumbent BJP suffered a major blow as it managed to secure only 66 seats. Soon after the election results, videos of the celebrations of Congress supporters began surfacing on various social media […]
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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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A reel showing some women displaying their wounds and alleging that Police stopped them from casting their votes is going viral on Facebook. Text etched over the video says that this incident happened in Gujarat during the recent assembly elections. However, when we investigated the incident, we found that the incident happened in Uttar Pradesh […]
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Byline – As the country continues to digest the gruesome details emerging out of the investigation of Shraddha Walkar’s murder, an old and unrelated video is being shared to add fuel to the narrative of Love Jihad on social media. Shraddha Walkar, a 27-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her partner Aftab Amin Poonawala in […]
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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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A video is being shared widely on social media platforms with a claim that Muslim girls were stopped from celebrating Onam by fundamentalists. However, when we checked the video we found out that the communal narrative shared along with the video is False. The institution sent the students home for not wearing school uniform. Let’s […]
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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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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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A decade-old photo of Muslims offering Namaz in front of Bandra Railway Station as police stand guard is going viral as a recent incident. The users sharing the image are taking a dig at Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray accusing him of minority appeasement. A photo of Muslims offering Namaz is being shared on social media […]
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The image dates back to 2012 showing an incident of communal violence in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It has no relation with the recent communal clashes in Delhi. An image showing a group of people carrying swords in their hands is widely circulating on social media in the backdrop of the recent communal clashes in Delhi’s […]
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Mainpuri Police confirmed to us that the woman caught for illegal possession of a pistol did not belong to the Muslim community nor is she a teacher. A video showing a female police officer frisking another woman and confiscating a pistol from her jeans pocket is widely circulating on social media claiming that the video […]
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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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A video, showing a scuffle between a few people, consisting of two women, is going viral on social media with a claim that this is a video of a Love Jihad incident. The claim is that Muslim men duped Hindu girls posing as Hindu boys. The video shows a woman in a burqa hitting a […]
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The images and video of Tiku Talsania’s character from an upcoming drama series shared with a false claim. An image of popular Bollywood actor and comedian Tiku Talsania is widely circulating on social media with a claim that the actor has converted to Islam. Images and videos of Tiku with a long white beard is […]
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The video has no relation with the recent hijab controversy. The video is from Bengaluru showing students protesting against the National Education Policy in 2021. A video showing Muslim women sitting on the road and protesting is widely circulating on social media amid the raging hijab controversy in parts of Karnataka. The video shows police […]
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Eastern University from Sri Lanka confirmed to Fact Crescendo that this video is of a college prank that took place in their campus in 2019. Amid the ongoing protests across the country as the Karnataka hijab row intensifies, a video is being widely circulated on social media that shows a group of boys throwing buckets […]
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Kashmiri Journalist Basit Zargar confirmed to Fact Crescendo that no such incident has taken place in Kashmir. The video is not from Kashmir. A distressing video showing few men lying on the ground, bleeding profusely and groaning in pain is widely circulating on social media as a group of Muslim boys from Rajasthan who visited […]
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the events shown in the video are scripted and dramatized. It also does not have any communal angle to it. A video showing a boy stealing a moped from a girl after offering to fix her scooty is circulating on social media with a communal claim. The claim made along with the video is that […]
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The images are old and has no relation with the claim and is being shared with a false communal narrative that Muslim men are running restaurants lacing their food with impotency pills to control the growth of the Hindu population. A collage of few images is widely circulating on social media showing few men being […]
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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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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 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 viral video related to the current nationwide lockdown is in great discussion on social media, in the video some people can be seen beating a person. Through this video, it is being claimed that a Muslim youth is being beaten by Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P) workers in Madhya Pradesh during the lockdown. The title […]
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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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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 The above post shared by a Facebook user named Sagav Vapputty claims that the reign of terror unleashed by Sanghaparivar continues. Muslim youth shot with a bullet after being asked his name by the attacker. The caption of the post in Malayalam reads as follows: “ Muslim youth shot […]
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