Fact Check: Illegal mosque being demolished in India? No, this video is from Indonesia
1 week, 3 days ago

Fact Check: Illegal mosque being demolished in India? No, this video is from Indonesia

India Today  

A video allegedly showing the demolition of a mosque in India has been widely shared online. India Today Fact Check found that the viral video is from an amusement park in Indonesia. Our Probe Several people responded to the viral post and pointed out that the video was not from India but from Indonesia. We compared the viral video with the videos from the amusement park in Indonesia and found many similarities between the demolished structures and the logo marked on the bulldozer. Thus, it’s clear that a video from Indonesia was falsely shared as an illegal mosque in India being demolished.

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Fact Check: Video Of Burning Mosque In Indonesia Falsely Shared As 'Mosque Set On Fire In India'
3 months ago

Fact Check: Video Of Burning Mosque In Indonesia Falsely Shared As 'Mosque Set On Fire In India'

ABP News  

What is the claim? A video of a burning mosque-like structure is circulating online with the claim that it shows a mosque set on fire in India. Several Facebook users shared the video, writing a caption in Bengali, which roughly translates to: "The mosque has been set on fire in India!" A Facebook page named Tolitoli News shared images matching …

Fact Check: Bangladesh Shrine Being Demolished In Viral Video Is Not Hindu Temple But A Mazar
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Fact Check: Muslim shrine demolished in Bangladesh now viral as Hindu temple
3 months, 2 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 …

Himachal Pradesh: Protesters demand demolition of ‘illegal’ mosque in Shimla
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal Pradesh: Protesters demand demolition of ‘illegal’ mosque in Shimla

Hindustan Times  

A large group of protesters held an agitation outside a mosque in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla on Thursday, claiming it had been built illegally. Meanwhile, state minister Anirudh Singh also made similar demands, saying there should be a proper verification of people coming from other states to Himachal Pradesh. Dev Bhumi Shatriya Sangathan President Rumit Singh Thakur, who gave a call …

Politics of ruin: Why Modi wants to demolish India’s mosques
1 year, 11 months ago

Politics of ruin: Why Modi wants to demolish India’s mosques

Al Jazeera  

A historic 16th-century mosque, Shahi Masjid, in Prayagraj city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was demolished by bulldozers on January 9 under a road-widening project. Another mosque, one of the largest and oldest in India, Shamsi Jama Masjid, an 800-year-old national heritage site in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, became a matter of dispute last year when a court case was filed …

Radical Islam apologist CJ Werleman shares fake news that Hindus destroyed Muslim graveyard
3 years, 6 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 …

India: Century-old mosque razed in defiance of court order
3 years, 10 months ago

India: Century-old mosque razed in defiance of court order

Al Jazeera  

Officials in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have allegedly bulldozed an old mosque, triggering anger and anguish among the Muslim minority, with a prominent community organisation saying it will approach the high court over the matter. On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, a Muslim body that looks after mosques and other community assets in the state, …

Old Video Used for False Claim of Muslims Flouting Lockdown in Guj
4 years, 10 months ago

Old Video Used for False Claim of Muslims Flouting Lockdown in Guj

The Quint  

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Mosque attacked during Delhi riots and Hanuman flag foisted? Rana Ayyub reports video, The Wire changed its report: Here is everything that happened
5 years ago

Mosque attacked during Delhi riots and Hanuman flag foisted? Rana Ayyub reports video, The Wire changed its report: Here is everything that happened

Op India  

‘Eminent journalist’ Rana Ayyub has shared a video on Twitter that purportedly shows some individuals vandalizing a Mosque in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/bScgJMxKc3 — Rana Ayyub February 25, 2020 Rana Ayyub had deleted the video she had shared earlier after people on the social media platform questioned its authenticity. As per claims on social media, the video shared by Rana Ayyub and …

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