Religion
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“Thousands of Christians in France gathered together in a breathtaking display of faith and unity. Jesus is King! Jesus is Lord!”
“A Christian prayer service broke out in Paris after the Olympic Games opening ceremony”
“Video shows “thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after Olympics opening mocked Jesus Christ.”
PolitiFact says: This video was taken in 2022, so it predates the 2024 Paris Olympics. It shows thousands of people gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady Lourdes in Lourdes, France, for the Feast of the Assumption.
“Photo of Devi Chitralekha and her Muslim husband.”
FACTLY says: Devi Chitralekha is not mariied to a Muslim; she is married to a Hindu Brahmin named Madhav Tiwari. They got married on 23 May 2023, according to the Hindu customs. Devi herself quashed these rumours that she married a …
“Video of thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after the disrespectful ‘Last Supper’ sketch was performed at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.”
FACTLY says: This is an old video from 2022. It shows Catholics in France signing ‘Ave Maria’ at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. This has nothing to do with the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics.
“Video showing the dead body of a Hindu girl in a suitcase killed by her Muslim boyfriend.”
FACTLY says: There is no communal angle involved in this incident. The viral video shows an incident that took place in March 2022 at a hotel in the Piran Kaliyar area of Haridwar district in Uttarakhand. According to reports and po…
“Christians in France are protesting against the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, alleging that it was demonic.”
“Video showing a Muslim man named Javed brutally killing a Hindu man named Rohit in Delhi.”
FACTLY says: There is no communal angle involved in this incident. The visuals in the viral video show a murder that occurred in Vinukonda, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, on the night of 17 July 2024. According to news reports an…
“Video shows the corpse of a Hindu woman in a suitcase who was murdered by a man belonging to the Muslim community.”
“The video shows lightning strikes a Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh every 12 years.”
“A Muslim man owns the ‘Ram Kachori’ shop located within the premises of a Hindu temple in Yamuna Bazar, Delhi.”
FACTLY says: According to reports, the owner of the ‘Ram Kachori’ shop located near the Marghat Hanuman Temple in Yamuna Bazar, Delhi, is Hindu. The viral video shows one of the protests that took place in front of the ‘Ram Kachori’…
“A Muslim woman was brutally beaten by filthy cow worshipers in Manipur state, India.”
“Video showing an attack on a Hindu woman by Muslims in West Bengal.”
FACTLY says: According to reports and the police, the woman victim in this incident is Muslim, and there is no communal angle to the incident. The video shows a mob attack on a woman in front of Central Modern School, Barasat, West …
“Video showing an attack on a Muslim woman by Hindus in Manipur.”
FACTLY says: According to reports and a clarification from the Manipur Police on X (Twitter), there is no communal angle involved in this incident, and the victim is allegedly a drug dealer.
“A copy of the Quran was found in a Uyghur Muslim man’s house, because of which a Chinese soldier trashed him.”
“How are Hindu students from Dhaka University trying to save their lives from Muslims and Razakars there? Save Bangladeshi Hindus”
“A Muslim man wanted to offer namaz inside Wembley Stadium in Britain. When he refused, he got angry and started threatening. After that, former British heavyweight boxing champion Julius Francis ended the fight in his own style.”
“Ashura in India... This year, in the streets of Mumbai, Muslims take a terrified, innocent horse, repeatedly slash it with a knife, and parade the bloodied, injured animal around to commemorate the death of the Prophet’s grandson. These psychopaths have grown tired of slashing and beating themselves and have instead decided to target an innocent animal. How is this allowed?”
“Muslims brole the idol of Lord Ganesha in Siddharth Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh”
FACTLY says: According to reports and police, the idol of Lord Ganesha was broken by the temple priest, Kricha Ram, not by the Muslim men. On 16 July 2024, Kricharam, a priest from a temple in Taulihawa village, filed a complaint at…