“Photo collage showing spurt in Muslim population from 2010 to 2022 in Nainital”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 May 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The upper image is from Upper Mall Road in Nainital. The lower image is however from ‘Bishwa Ijtema’, world’s second largest Muslim gathering, that occurs in Bangladesh annually. Therefore, this is an erroneous comparison of images from two different places
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02JR9KzGzYF6gyT95yrhE4wA6So9AQt3y4…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.