“ND TV reveals that Ex PM gave money to "the Hindu" reporter to publish about possible LTTE attack to Sri Lanka”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Altered
Religion
1,606 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Photo of a Muslim man sitting on a Mahatma Gandhi statue in Rajasthan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This photo was taken in 2017 during the Bharat Milaap celebrations at Gandhi chowk in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The photo shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with Rajasthan
“Video of Muslims thrashing a group of Hindus in front of a Mosque in Hubli, Karnataka”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a recent incident that took place in Bangladesh. This video shows Touhidi Janata supporters in Bangladesh assaulting a group of Muslim youth celebrating Eid by playing music through lo…
“Video of Muslims brutally assaulting a Hindu in Jodhpur, Rajasthan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a recent incident that took place in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana. On 01 May 2022, a group of 10 to 12 men brutally injured a truck driver over a monetary issue in Sultanpur vil…
“Video of Muslims offering Namaz on the streets of France”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows thousands of Muslims offering Namaz outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Russia. Every year, Muslims in Moscow offer prayers outside the Cathedral Mosque during Ramzan month. This vi…
“‘As per article 330 & 342 of the Indian Constitution SC/ST/OBC’s are not Hindu’s but are natives of India’”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Articles 330 & 342 of the Indian Constitution deal with identification of certain tribes as Scheduled Tribes and providing reservation to SCs/STs in the house of people. And there is no such clause in these articles sta…
“Catholic church delaying replacement of malfunctioning vote-counting machine”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: The Catholic church plays no role in replacing these machines. That's the job of Comelec.
“Robredo-Pangilinan backers held a rally in front of Iglesia ni Cristo church”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: It was a torch walk en route to a Catholic Church, not a rally outside an INC church
“Claim: adyar ananda bhavan not sold to a muslim owner”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Muslims still cannot accurately state the dates of their festivals”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: Muslims follow the Hijri calendar (Islamic calendar), a date-keeping system based on lunar cycles. The Ramadan fasting month starts on the new moon day of the 9th month and ends with the next appearance of a new moon on…
“You can "protect your religious freedom of abortion" by joining The Satanic Temple.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
“Love Jihad – visuals of a Muslim man stabbing a Hindu girl in West Bengal’s Berhampore”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The visuals show a 22 year old man stabbing a woman, who was in relationship with him earlier in Bengal’s Berhampur area. As per the police and the news reports, both the victim and accused are Hindus and there in no Lo…
“Recent visuals of a group of Muslim men fighting among themselves”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The visuals actually show a fight that broke among a group of men outside a Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia in 2019. As per the news reports, the fight broke out over the seating arrangements during an Iftar. Thus, these…
“Video shows an Indian Muslim couple with 15 children”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The posted video is not related to India. The video is from Pakistan. It was originally posted by a Pakistan media channel
“Visuals of Muslims vandalising public properties in Murshidabad, West Bengal”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Couple of these visuals are old and do not show any recent incident. These videos were shared back in 2019 as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). One of these videos is related to a recent incident of …
“Picture of the 300-year-old Hindu temple demolished in Alwar, Rajasthan”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The post shared an old photo of a demolished Hindu temple in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This incident took place in 2015, during the BJP government’s rule in Rajasthan. As part of the Metro rail construction in Jaipur, the dist…
“Video showing a Kerala Muslim feeding meat to an elephant”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The person in the video is not trying to feed meat but was feeding coconut to the elephant. The man in the video is Nabeel Kunhappu. When Nabeel first fed the elephant a coconut, it did not respond violently. Seeing thi…
“Tirumala Temple Chief Priest accused YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of utilising the temple income for the welfare of Christian and Muslim communities in the state”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: In March 2019, during an interview, the then sacked Tirumala Temple Chief Priest Ramana Deekshithulu urged devotees not to donate money to temple hundi. Ramana Deekshithulu then alleged that 95% of temple income was bei…
“Recent video of a Muslim mob playing provocative songs in front of a temple in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post was shot in 2018 during the Muharram procession in Khargone. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent communal violence in Madhya Pradesh
“Video shows stones being pelt at a train by Muslims”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: There is no communal angle in the incident shown in the video. The video shows a fight between two groups of college students at a railway station in Tamil Nadu. According to news reports, the students are from Presiden…