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Religion

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Claim: Multiple images shared in a Facebook post claim that it shows images of Tablighi Jamaat members after they were attacked in the Winder area of Balochistan. Fact: The claim is false; no attack took place in Winder. The same claim can be found online as early as 2019 and has been shared with different […]

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Claim: TRT World reported that a blast took place in Peshawar on 29 September 2023. Fact: The blast did not take place in Peshawar. The incident happened in Hangu – an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, which is 111 km away from Peshawar city. Fact or Fiction? On 29 September 2023, TRT World posted […]

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Claim: A picture shows the pulpit from which Imam Hussain delivered sermons. Fact: The raised platform is actually known as St Jeremiah’s Pulpit in the Saqqara necropolis in Giza, Egypt, and has no connection to Imam Hussain. On 28 July 2023, the Facebook user ‘Ahmad Raza’ posted (archive) a photo showing what looks like a […]

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Claim: A viral video shows a Pakistani pastor speaking about and condemning the 2023 Jaranwala rampage. The woman in the clip is the daughter of the Pakistani fighter pilot and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Wing Commander Mervyn Leslie Middlecoat. The claim adds that she has given other interviews, in which she said she is proud […]

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Claim: A picture shows the dead bodies of 13 people who died during the 2023 Hajj. Fact: The image dates back to at least 2017. On 10 July 2023, Facebook user ‘Ahmad Raza’ posted (archive) an image of multiple dead bodies, lined up in white cloth, inside what appears to be the Kaaba, or the […]

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Claim: London’s iconic landmark Trocadero building — previously an entertainment complex — will be turned into a three-story mosque by property tycoon Asif Aziz. Fact: The entire Trocadero building is not being converted into a mosque, and nor will it utilise three floors. Originally built as a restaurant in 1896, the Trocadero was later turned […]

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Claim: A video shows the Swedish presidential palace on fire after the incident of the Holy Quran burning in Sweden. Fact: The clip is not from Sweden. It shows the Manila Central Post Office in the Philippines, engulfed in fire in May 2023. Sweden has faced condemnations from Muslim countries for permitting an Iraqi refugee, […]

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Claim: A picture collage on social media claims that it shows an Indian spy who allegedly lived in Pakistan for ten years and worked for India. Fact: One of the women in the collage is Seema Haider, a Pakistani who recently moved to India. The second woman is Major Samia Rehman, who serves in the […]

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Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims that Michael Jackson’s unreleased last song was about Hajj and that Saudi Arabia bought the rights from the US. Fact: Michael Jackson did not record this song, but Pakistani-Canadian singer Irfan Makki. It was uploaded on YouTube in 2012. The other claim that it was bought by Saudi Arabia […]

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Claim: A social media video shows the scene of a bus accident taking Umrah pilgrims to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Fact: The video is misleading. The incident occurred, but the video is from 2017, when an oil tanker caught fire in the Aqaba Shaar area of Saudi Arabia. On 28 March 2023, a Facebook user […]

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Claim: A social media image shows worshippers with their hands cuffed behind their backs and laying the ground after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image is not from 2023, but from 2022 when Israeli forces attacked people in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramazan. On 5 April […]

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Claim: A mountain of gold has been found in the Euphrates River. Fact: A mountain of gold has not been found in the Euphrates River. On 18 April 2023, a Twitter user uploaded an image showing a site of ruins with the caption: The Prophet PBUH said, “The Hour will not come to pass before […]

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