“Video of a man praying in the middle of the road in London”
What FACTLY found
The video is from Istanbul, Turkey and not from London. This video of a man praying in the middle of the road, ignoring the passage of vehicles is from E-5 Highway in Istanbul, Turkey, taken in September 2021. However, there is a BBC video uploaded on YouTube in 2015, of a ‘Muslim man praying in the middle of oxford street’, which is in London
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 October 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.