“Video showing Kanhaiya Kumar asking people to embrace Islam”
What FACTLY found
This video is from August 2018 when Kumar answered the questions of intellectuals of the Muslim community in Nanded. At the 11:50 timestamp, he is not discussing Islam as his personal belief but rather paraphrasing Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s words. At 15:03, Kanhaiya advises Muslims to reject such leaders who portray themselves as saviours of the community and encourages people to demand that they prioritize education and employment issues. Three Segments from timestamps 11:50 to 12:25, 16:02 ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 April 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- Lighthouse Journalism: Fake“Video of Kanhaiya Kumar shared as him asking people to embrace Islam”
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/search/posts?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%…
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