Claim: A Pakistani cleric went paragliding in Europe while singing the azaan with a woman who was not his mahram. Fact: The individual in question, cleric Abdul Wali Khan, went paragliding with a male instructor, not a woman. He later shared additional footage showing himself alongside the male instructor who facilitated his paragliding experience. On […]
Claim: A video shows a church in Spain, formerly called the Great Mosque of Córdoba, where a muezzin in old Andalusian clothes comes in to recite the azaan, the Muslim call to prayer, while the Christian worshippers remain silent until it ends. Fact: The video, in fact, depicts an azaan recitation that took place in […]
Claim: A young Muslim Indian man played South Korean boy band BTS’ song ‘Dynamite’ through the Atala Mosque’s loudspeakers instead of the Azaan, the call to prayers in Islam. He was subsequently arrested and had to pay a fine. Fact: The post was created by an Indian satire and parody page on Instagram and made […]