“The video shows Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwarananda urging people to recite the Kalma.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Jan 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video does not show Swami Avimukteshwarananda urging anyone to recite the Kalma. It has been digitally tampred and taken out of context from a longer video in which he was explaining the differences between Hinduism and Islam.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 January 2026, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1904319133502326
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