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“Darul Uloom Deoband issued a ‘fatwa’ asking Muslims to sell food with chemicals to make Hindu people sick”
Social media posts Claim dated 13 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Darul Uloom Deoband did not issue a ‘fatwa’ asking Muslims to sell food with chemicals, to make Hindu people sick. In fact, when a similar claim went viral in 2020, Darul-Uloom Deoband had complained to the police regarding a fake fatwa issued in their name. The twitter account ‘@gayur_sheikh’ is not the official twitter account of Darul Uloom Deoband. In fact, when one tries to open that handle, it is shown that the account ‘doesn’t exist’. Darul Uloom Deoband is one of India’s largest Musli...

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 13 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 June 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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