“Videos showing French people obstructing Muslims, who are offering their prayers”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
All these videos are related to a 2017 incident of Muslim prayers on streets as a protest against the closure of their prayer hall in Clichy, Paris. These have nothing to do with recent series of events which have unfolded in France after the beheading of a school teacher
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/mohdfaizan.sayyedfaizi/videos/397846801237885
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ashish.mitra.90/videos/10158935404917020/
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/RightWingSupporters/videos/1786686998173511/
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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.