“Video of Nashik Police Commissioner issuing a directive prohibiting the playing of bhajans and kirtans (Hindu devotional songs) during the Azaan (Islamic call to prayer).”
What FACTLY found
This viral video dates back to 2022 and shows the former Nashik Police Commissioner issuing a directive prohibiting the playing of Hindu devotional songs during the azan. This directive was issued in response to the controversy over the use of loudspeakers at mosques in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a political party in Maharashtra led by Raj Thackeray, had threatened to recite the Hanuman Chalisa (a Hindu devotional prayer) outside mosques if the state government did not remov...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 October 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 October 2024, 9 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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