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imam hussain

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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 […]

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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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