“Thousands of Muslims offered prayers in front of the US Capitol after Joe Biden became the US President”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Jan 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is an old one. On 25 September 2009, thousands of Muslims gathered in front of the US Capitol building to offer prayers during the ‘Islam on Capitol Hill 2009’ event. This photo has nothing to do with the new United Stated President Joe Biden
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 January 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 January 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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