“We will not offer money but request slips into the temple hundis from now on! They have started in Kerala. When will we?”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
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.
“An image of a newspaper article says “True Bethel Baptist Church becomes the first church in NYS to receive a liquor license.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: This news report is fake. The church said it did not receive or apply for a liquor license.
“Hundreds of Muslims (peacemakers) gathered in front of Kali Matha Mandir, Kolkata and screamed to stop the pooja performed by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Who is stopping whom?”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Images of sculpture in Chamarajeshwara temple, Mysore”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: These images are actually of sculpture from Nenbutsushu Sampozan Muryojuji Temple in Kato city, Japan. Although sculpture of the Chamarajeshwara temple built in 1826 represents the prowess of the Indian architecture, th…
“Video of Muslims stabbing Hindu devotee Jatan Saha to death in Bangladesh”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows an old land dispute related murder in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This incident took place on 16 May 2021 at the Pallabi area in Dhaka. Shahinuddin, a businessman in Dhaka’s Pallabi area was br…
“He is Swamy Nitai Das Prabhu who was killed in a recent attack on Bangladesh’s Iskcon temple. He conducted 30 days iftar feast for Muslims during the last Ramzan.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Image of ISKCON monk from Bangladesh who died in the recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: ISKCON’s report related to latest attacks in Bangladesh did not name any deceased with the name Swamy Nithai Das. The image is from Iftar hosted by ISKCON Mayapurin West Bengal back in 2016. ISKCON Mayapur also confirme…
“Photo of Priyanka Gandhi holding Trishul while offering prayers in a temple”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is a morphed one. The original photo does not show Priyanka Gandhi holding a Trishul in her hand. This photo was shot in March 2019, when she offered prayers at the Vindhyavasini temple in M…
“Image of Akhilesh Yadav disrespecting Hindu customs by serving food to a woman during Navratri with his shoes on”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This image is captured back in 2016 during the launch of the Hausala Nutrition Scheme, which provides hot nutritious meals to pregnant women & malnourished children. News agencies reported that people were not pleased w…
“Image of a Mosque is being built on Hyderabad – Warangal highway, near Bhongir in Telangana”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This is a 2019 image that shows construction of the wall of a dargah situated in the middle of the Hyderabad -Warangal highway near Bhongir. However, following NHAI orders based on the complaint by Legal Rights Protecti…
“Hindu Mother-sister and 10 years old daughter got raped in Haziganj, Chandpur”
Rumor Scanner rated this: False
“Video of a group of Hindus retaliating a Muslim mob attack on Durga pandal in Uttar Pradesh”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows recent visuals of Kawardha communal violence in Chhattisgarh. There is no such incident of Muslim mob attack on Durga pandal reported at Lalganj town in Uttar Pradesh. This video has n…
“Lord Sriram bhajan during the procession in street… A kid inside the mosque admires it.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Claim: fake news spreading that bjp activists arrested for smuggling Hindu temple idols”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Photo of YV Subba Reddy’s wife holding the Bible in her hand.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo was taken during a book release function of the late YS Rajashekhar Reddy ‘Naalo Naatho YSR’ in 2020. From the videos taken during the function, it is clear that YS Vijayamma (mother of AP CM YS Jagan) gave he…
“Video of Muslims thrashing a Hindu in Rajasthan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This incident took place on 19 September 2021 at Mansagar Khatik Mohalla near the Mahamandir police station area in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. This violent scuffle took place between two Hindu families. There is no communal an…
“Image of a Mosque in Turkey”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The image is actually of an NSA spy station in Berlin, which is used to intercept the communications in Russian controlled East Germany till the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 during the cold war era. The image has not…
“Video showing Christians being massacred in Afghanistan”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is from Iraq and not Afghanistan. The visuals show ISIS fighters executing Shias in mass graves in 2014. According to a 2015 article by the Guardian, Afghanistan had been listed as one of the worst places to b…
“Video of a Muslim man spitting over food, which was to be served to protesting farmers”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This video was uploaded on YouTube back in 2018, much before the introduction of the three farm bills which the farmers are protesting against
“Video of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at a temple in South Africa”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is related to an old Ganapathi Chaturthi celebration at Shree Ganesh temple in Entebbe, Uganda. This video has nothing to do with South Africa