Claim: Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sa’id Sabri has called for the release of Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: Sheikh Sabri has not made any remarks in favour of Khan since the latter’s arrest in August 2023. In the first week of May 2026, viral video reports surfaced on Facebook claiming that […]
Claim: Israel bombed al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Fact: The claim is false. The video in question shows Al-Amin Muhammad Mosque in Khan Younis, Gaza and not the al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. Additionally, there is no evidence to suggest that the al-Aqsa Mosque was bombed recently. Facebook user Zaman Tarar shared a video (archive) of a bombarded […]
Claim: A video shows Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque during Friday prayer. Fact: The video actually shows the holy day of Ashura at the shrine of Imam Hussain in Karbala, Iraq. On 10 January 2025, a post (archive) on Facebook shared a 30-second clip of a large number of people entering what appeared to be […]
Claim: Social media video shows thousands of people gathered in Masjid Al-Aqsa and chanting slogans of “Labaik Ya Allah” after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is old, from April 2023. The crowd shows people praying during the last nights of Ramzan in Al-Aqsa Mosque. On […]