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Publication: religion
Logically→ A video shows a demonstration defending the Prophet Muhammad held in India.
A video showing a 2021 ceremony commemorating TLP leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi in Pakistan has been misattributed as a protest in India.
Logically→ A Muslim doctor in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has performed nearly 2,000 abortions for Hindu parents after conducting illegal fetal sex tests.
Dr. Imtiaz has previously conducted illegal fetal sex determination tests. The current accusation is unconfirmed as investigations are ongoing.
Logically→ A video shows hundreds of Muslims praying on the streets of Paris to celebrate Eid.
The video showing a mass gathering of worshippers on the streets is from Moscow, Russia, not Paris, France.
Logically→ A Dalit man was lynched by a Hindu extremist mob for marrying a Muslim woman in Hyderabad.
Nagaraju was a Dalit man killed by his Muslim wife Syed Ashrin Sultana's family over their inter-faith marriage
Logically→ A video shows a Muslim man stabbing a girl for refusing to convert to Islam in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.
A young woman was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in Berhampore over a personal issue, not a communal issue.
Logically→ These images show Aamir Khan with members of terrorist organizations.
Images of Aamir Khan meeting Shahid Afridi, Junaid Shamshed, and Tariq Jamil at Hajj in 2012 are shared with false narratives that he met terrorists.
Logically→ Non-Hindus cannot carry out short-term businesses inside or outside temple premises during festivals and fairs in Karnataka.
There are no legal restrictions against setting up stalls during religious fairs for short-term leases.
Logically→ A thousand-year-old temple in Kanchipuram has been occupied and converted into a tire shop.
There is no clear evidence as to whether there was a temple or a monastery in place of the tire shop. The matter is under ongoing investigation.
Logically→ This image shows the accused arrested by Delhi Police in the Jahangirpuri violence.
An old image that dates back to at least ten years ago has incorrectly been attributed to the Jahangirpuri communal violence.
Logically→ A young man was murdered in Bengaluru for not speaking Urdu.
Bengaluru's Commissioner of Police, Kamal Pant, clarified that the killing was over road rage, and was not related to a communal issue.
Logically→ The Jo Cox Foundation donated money to a charity that risked the safety of a suspended teacher by revealing his name after he’d gone into hiding.
The Jo Cox Foundation made the donation before the incident resulting in the suspension of the teacher occured.
Snopes→ Canada Indigenous Tell Pope of Abuses at Residential Schools
Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools met with Pope Francis and told him of the abuses they suffered at the hands of Catholic priests and school workers.
Logically→ A Facebook page named “Mangalore Muslims” issued a fatwa to kill a Hindu Activist, Harsha Shivamogga.
The Facebook post asked people to file a legal complaint against activist Harsha for blasphemy. It did not issue a fatwa calling for his murder.
Snopes→ Israeli Authority Backs Down from Mount of Olives Park Plan
The Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem rises above Jerusalem’s Old City and its sites are holy to three monotheistic faiths.
Logically→ Karnataka’s Mandya district administration has instructed educational institutions not to allow teachers wearing hijab into the campus.
The DDPI in Mandya has clarified that no directive has been issued to Muslim teachers to remove hijab and burqa before entering the school premises.
Snopes→ Baptisms by Arizona Priest Presumed Invalid Due to Error
Under scrutiny are baptisms performed by the Rev. Andres Arango, who served in Arizona for 16 years.
Snopes→ Was Lyndon B. Johnson Actually Jewish?
The president allegedly had Jewish ancestry.
Logically→ A girl caught fire while trying to burn the Hijab in India.
Punjab's 12-year-old incident, in which a female teacher caught fire while protesting against the government, is being misattributed to the hijab row.
Snopes→ Retired Pope Asks Pardon for Abuse, but Admits No Wrongdoing
An independent report criticized Pope Benedict XVI's actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.
Logically→ Shah Rukh Khan was spotted spitting at the funeral of veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Shah Rukh Khan offered a dua and blew air at Lata Mangeshkar's funeral. This is a common ritual gesture in Islam that was misrepresented as spitting.
Snopes→ World Remembers Holocaust As Antisemitism Rises in Pandemic
International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the death camps.
Snopes→ Bentleys to Buddhas: Vintage-Car Shop Restores Temple Statue
The major branches of Buddhism are often known as “vehicles,” or ways of spiritual practice.
Logically→ Muslims in the U.K. are demanding that the country be declared an ‘Islamic state.’
Old videos of unconnected demonstrations are being circulated to falsely imply that U.K. Muslims want to impose an Islamic state.
Snopes→ Famed Cathedral Names Artist to Replace Confederate Windows
Washington National Cathedral has chosen contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall to design new stained-glass windows with themes of racial justice.
Snopes→ Young Sikhs Still Struggle with Post-Sept. 11 Discrimination
Sikh entrepreneur Balbir Singh Sodhi was killed at his Arizona gas station four days after the Sept. 11 attacks by a man who declared he was “going to go out and shoot some towel-heads” and mistook him for an Arab Muslim.
Logically→ India will prioritize Hindus and Sikhs in issuing ’emergency visas’ to Afghan nationals.
There are no reports that India prioritized any religion for repatriation from Afghanistan. All Afghan nationals are eligible for the e-Visa.
Logically→ A man named Ajmal Khan killed a Hindu family in Rajasthan after not being allowed to marry their daughter.
Ajit Cheeta assaulted his wife and killed both of his daughters and injured his wife. No communal reasons were cited by police reports.
Logically→ Both Marathas and Sikhs have captured Lahore in the past.
Lahore was taken by the Marathas in 1758 and by the Sikhs in 1799.
Logically→ Indian Medical Association is a Christian missionary organization.
The IMA is a non-political and non-religious voluntary representative organization of doctors of the modern scientific system of medicine.
Logically→ Several dead bodies were recovered from the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Around 90 dead bodies were retrieved from the river Ganga in the Buxar district of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district.
Logically→ Several dead bodies were recovered from the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Around 90 dead bodies were retrieved from the river Ganga in the Buxar district of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district.
Logically→ Several dead bodies were recovered from the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Around 90 dead bodies were retrieved from the river Ganga in the Buxar district of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district.
Logically→ The Kumbh Mela was held in 2021 instead of 2022 due to astrological rationale.
Purna Kumbh was held within 11 years because of the favorable astrological position of the "Sun moving into Aries and Jupiter into Aquarius" in 2021.
Logically→ The Supreme Court of India has said that persons above 18 years of age are free to choose their religion.
The SC ruling came after a PIL was filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a law to control black magic and forceful religious conversions.
Logically→ The Easter Bunny is mentioned in the Bible.
There is no mention of the Easter Bunny in the Bible. The tradition is most likely imported to America by German immigrants in the 1700s.
Logically→ The egg, an ancient symbol of new life, has been associated with many cultures celebrating spring.
Pagans saw eggs as a symbol of regeneration in springtime. Early Christians borrowed this idea and applied it to the rebirth of Christ.
Logically→ Three Hindu Mahasabha members held for offering prayers to Lord Shiva inside the Taj Mahal compound.
Three activists from Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha were arrested for trying to offer prayers for Lord Shiva at the Taj Mahal premises.
Logically→ A Christian cross was erected over a Hindu shrine in Andhra Pradesh.
Guntur police clarified that the cross and Hindu shrine are erected on two different adjacent hillocks.
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi learned the idea of non-violence from Islam.
Rahul Gandhi’s speech in 2019 has been edited to mislead the viewers and stir controversy.