Fact Check: Bangladesh Shrine Being Demolished In Viral Video Is Not Hindu Temple But A Mazar
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fact Check: Bangladesh Shrine Being Demolished In Viral Video Is Not Hindu Temple But A Mazar

ABP News  

A video circulating online claims that a Hindu temple was demolished in Bangladesh. Numerous social media users shared the video, alleging it depicts Bangladeshis attacking a Hindu temple. However, our investigation revealed that the viral video actually shows the demolition of the shrine of Ali Khwaza, also known as Ali Pagol, a Muslim saint, rather than a Hindu temple. The verdict The viral video shows the vandalism of a Muslim shrine in Bangladesh, not the demolition of a Hindu temple.

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Fact Check: Muslim shrine demolished in Bangladesh now viral as Hindu temple
3 weeks ago

Fact Check: Muslim shrine demolished in Bangladesh now viral as Hindu temple

India Today  

On November 30, various news outlets reported at least three attacks on Hindu temples in Bangladesh following the arrest of ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges. A video now going viral on social media allegedly shows Muslims destroying a Hindu temple in Bangladesh. India Today Fact Check found that this video from August 29 shows locals destroying the …

Fact Check: Bengal village ritual FALSELY shared as Hindu temples' vandalism in Bangladesh
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Fact Check: Bengal village ritual FALSELY shared as Hindu temples' vandalism in Bangladesh

India Today  

Amid the coup in Bangladesh that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, there were many allegations of persecution of Hindus in the country. This video is from a Kali Pooja that takes place every 12 years in the Sultanpur Kali temple in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhman district. A subsequent keyword search led us to a Facebook post from November …

Bangladesh: Hindu councillor shot dead; Kali temples vandalised during anti-govt protest, say reports
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh: Hindu councillor shot dead; Kali temples vandalised during anti-govt protest, say reports

Hindustan Times  

Bangladesh protests updates: Haradhan Roy Hara, a Hindu councillor of Rangpur City Corporation, was among the 100 people killed in the violent protests across Bangladesh on Sunday. Also Follow | Bangladesh protests LIVE updates Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, clashed with government supporters on one of the deadliest days since the demonstrations began. Protests are …

Bangladesh: How Islamists attacked temples, gang-raped Hindu women during Ram Janmabhoomi movement
11 months ago

Bangladesh: How Islamists attacked temples, gang-raped Hindu women during Ram Janmabhoomi movement

Op India  

The long-standing Ram Janmabhoomi movement has reached its pinnacle as the consecration ceremony of the majestic Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is just two days away. In the neighbouring country of Bangladesh, the minority Hindu community was subjected to inhuman atrocities after the disputed structure in Ayodhya was razed to the ground on 6th December 1992. According to the Human Rights …

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols damaged ahead of Durga Puja
2 years, 3 months ago

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols damaged ahead of Durga Puja

Op India  

According to reports, unknown vandals smashed the idols at the Kashipur Sarbajanin Durga Temple in Mehendiganj Upazila in Barisal, Bangladesh. 1,682 idols for the next Durga Puja have apparently already been moulded, and instructions have been given to install CCTV cameras at the Puja tents, according to the deputy inspector general of the Barisal Range Police. Three madrasa students were …

Bangladesh: Islamists vandalise temple, shop, Hindu homes over Facebook Post
2 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh: Islamists vandalise temple, shop, Hindu homes over Facebook Post

Op India  

In Bangladesh, Muslim mob vandalised a temple, a grocery store and several houses belonging to members of the Hindu community in the Sahapara area of Lohagara, Narail, reports The Daily Star. According to reports, none of the attackers has yet been booked nor any sort of action has been taken against the Ismalists, however, the police have gone ahead and …

'Not A Single Temple Destroyed,' Says Bangladesh Foreign Minister On Communal Violence
3 years, 1 month ago

'Not A Single Temple Destroyed,' Says Bangladesh Foreign Minister On Communal Violence

ABP News  

New Delhi: Clarifying on the recent violence incidents, Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen issued a statement noting that no one was raped and not a single Hindu temple was destroyed in the country during the communal violence. The minister added that contrary to all ongoing propaganda, only six people died during recent violence of which four were Muslims, …

Bangladesh temple attacks by Islamists sparks outrage worldwide
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh temple attacks by Islamists sparks outrage worldwide

Op India  

The recent incidents of attacks on the ISKCON temple and various other Hindu temples in Bangladesh have sparked outrage worldwide. ‘The civilised world must confront this barbaric mindset and find a solution’, Hindu Council of Australia expresses shock at the temple attack in Bangladesh Besides, the Hindu Council of Australia has also issued a statement strongly condemning the attack on …

Fact Check: Old clip of idol desecration viral as part of ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Fact Check: Old clip of idol desecration viral as part of ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh

India Today  

Amid large-scale attacks on Hindu temples and properties in Bangladesh, a video of a man smashing an idol inside a temple is circulating on social media with the claim that yet another place of worship for minorities has been vandalised in the country, this time in the capital city of Dhaka. The news clip shows the sound bite of the …

Bangladesh: After Feni, radical Islamists attack Hindus in Rangpur, torch their homes
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh: After Feni, radical Islamists attack Hindus in Rangpur, torch their homes

Op India  

The radical Islamists in Bangladesh have continued their violence against the minority Hindu community, for 5 days straight. In a tweet, Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council informed, “At present Hindus are being attacked in Pirganj of Rangpur. If this continues, it will be difficult for Hindus to survive in Bangladesh.” Thousands of local jihadi groups have set fire to and looted …

Two Hindu men killed, temples vandalised in Bangladesh violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Two Hindu men killed, temples vandalised in Bangladesh violence

Al Jazeera  

Religious violence erupts after photo widely circulated on social media shows the Quran placed on the knee of a Hindu deity. Police in Bangladesh have detained at least 300 suspects after two Hindu men were killed and temples vandalised following unrest triggered by the alleged desecration of the Muslim holy book during a Hindu religious festival last week. Angry mobs …

Two killed in religious unrest in Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Two killed in religious unrest in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

Two Hindu men have been killed in fresh religious violence in Bangladesh, police officials said on Saturday, taking the death toll to six from recent unrest in the Muslim-majority country. Police said the latest violence occurred in the southern town of Begumganj when hundreds of Muslims formed a street procession after Friday prayers on the final day of Durga Puja. …

Radical Islam apologist CJ Werleman shares fake news that Hindus destroyed Muslim graveyard
3 years, 3 months ago

Radical Islam apologist CJ Werleman shares fake news that Hindus destroyed Muslim graveyard

Op India  

On September 1, Islamist-sympathiser who was profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, CJ Werleman, shared an undated video on his Twitter profile and claimed that a group of Hindu men desecrated and destroyed a Muslim Graveyard in Nathan, India. He wrote, “Hindutva radicals desecrate and destroy a Muslim graveyard in Nathan, India.” Tweet by CJ Werleman Several Islamists picked up the …

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