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.
“This is a wedding photo of a 28-year-old woman getting married to a 28-year-old groom in Bihar, India. If a marriage like this takes place somewhere in an Arab country or in a Muslim community.. the media casts this as main news.”
“Video of a Muslim tractor driver killing a pregnant cow”
FACTLY says: News articles and the FIR copy related to the incident in Sarkanda police station area of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, confirm that the name of the tractor owner is Sonu Yadav, and the name of the tractor driver is Ishwar Dh…
“Sonia Gandhi’s image with ‘How to Convert India into Christian Nation’ book”
FACTLY says: According to pictures in various news articles and Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter post, we can conclude that the image has been morphed. When the left-hand side part of the image is zoomed in, we can see a watermark named ‘@noc…
“Claim: Did Sonia Gandhi kept this Christian preaching book in her home library”
“Claim: The man who voiced for Ram temple is still alive”
“Muslim population in India is 20% and out of 65000 children born every day, 40000 are Muslims”
FACTLY says: The Civil Registration System under the Office of Registrar General, India records the total number of birth registrations in a year. However, these reports do not provide religion-wise registration data. Also, as per t…
“Photos show a photojournalist crying while capturing pictures of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.”
“Pope Francis kissing the hands of David Rockefeller & John Rothschild.”
“Images of a photographer shedding tears while capturing the pictures at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem”
FACTLY says: These pictures show an Iraqi photographer crying behind the camera after his team was knocked out of the AFC Asia Cup 2019. This photo has nothing to do with recent clashes between Israeli police forces and Palestinian …
“Claim: Misleading shared as Nepal announced again itself as a hindu country”
“Claim: Misinformation on MK Stalin recent visit to church”
“Mamata Banerjee has not been allowed to enter Puri Jagannath Temple yesterday. The temple administration told her that she is not a Hindu”
FACTLY says: There are no such reports about her visit to the Puri Jagannath Temple yesterday. While a few priests opposed her visit to the temple in 2017, her visit to the temple was welcomed by other priests and the temple adminis…
“Images of large Hindu devotee gatherings at recent Kumbh Mela”
FACTLY says: These images are not related to the ongoing 2021 Kumbh Mela at Haridwar. While one image shows a huge devotee gathering in Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj back in 2019, the other image shows a devotee gathering at Kumbh Mela ba…
“Photos show the atrocities on Hindus in West Bengal”
FACTLY says: The photos are not related to West Bengal. Many photos are related to Bangladesh. One photo was taken from a film
“Video of a Muslim gym trainer’s misconduct with a woman trainee in Delhi”
FACTLY says: This video shows a gym instructor training his wife in Trinidad & Tobago, not in India. Imran Razac, a fitness instructor in Trinidad & Tobago, is seen training his wife Reshma Razac in this video. They both belong to t…
“Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns.”
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa’s family, who emigrated to the U.S. from Syria when he was a toddler, entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico, or that he bought a gun illegally. He's likely Muslim.
“Photo shows an astronaut statue in a church built in the 1600s. Experts are unable to explain it”
FACTLY says: The sculpture in the photo is related to the New Cathedral of Salamanca, which was built between 1513 and 1733, in Spain. While the church is centuries old, the astronaut sculpture was added during the renovation works …
“Image of a newborn baby with a face resembling Hindu God Lord Ganesha”
FACTLY says: The image actually shows the artwork of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. This particular artwork of a newborn baby with a small trunk-like nose was actually created in 2010 which depicts unsettling mutations of hum…
“Video of a Muslim boy urinating on Shiva Lingam”
FACTLY says: The video actually shows an old incident of a miscreant urinating in a temple in Vishakapatnam’s Pisinikada village back in 2018. Multiple regional news agencies reported the incident. These reports identified the miscr…