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 BY POOJA CHAUDHURI A video of a youth thrashing an elderly man has been shared by several users with the claim that a sadhu was beaten by a Muslim man in Uttarakhand. Below is a tweet by one Nitin Shukla which reads, “Palghar wasn’t an accident but an experiment. Now sadhus are being lynched in different…More

Accident during Muharram procession portrayed as sword attack by Muslims on Hindu boy  BY JIGNESH PATEL A claim about a Hindu boy’s throat being slit by a sword during a Muharram procession in Gauri Bazar area of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh is circulating on social media.“देवरिया के गौरीबाजार थानाक्षेत्र में इस्लामिक आतंकियों ने मुहर्रम के…More

A collection of photos of streets adorning purported Pakistani national flags were circulated on WhatsApp. It was claimed that these flags were hoisted in West Bengal’s Kolkata in celebration of the newly elected mayor, Firhad Hakim. One Facebook user, Dilip Singh, posted the images with an alarming message, “Firhad Hakim’s election as the new mayor celebrated in Kolkata with…More

राजस्थान में कांग्रेस सरकार बनते ही पाकिस्तान से लगे जैसलमेर के दार्ती गांव में शांतिदूत मुस्लिमो द्वारा मारवाडी हिन्दूओ के घर जलाये गए और दो हिंदूओ को मौत के घाट उतार दिया (After Congress formed govt in Rajasthan, peaceful muslims in Darti village near Jaisalmer attacked Marwari Hindus, burning their houses. Two Hindus killed- translation).…More

ओवैसी ने UN को पत्र लिखा कि हिंदुस्तान में मुस्लिम सेफ नहीं है , UN से जवाब आया ‘जहाँ पर सेफ हो वहां चले जाओ ‘ (Owaisi wrote a letter to UN saying Muslims are not safe in Hindustan, UN replied ‘please go wherever you are safe’- translation). This message along with a picture of…More

A video of a crowd of people thrashing a man dressed in white is being circulated on social media with the claim that a man was attacked for performing Puja at his home in West Bengal. “It is dangerous to even perform Puja at home in West Bengal. A man who follows Sanatana Dharma performed aarti at…More

“If CM Mamata Banerjee can recite an Islamic prayer at a West Bengal government event, why does she have a problem being greeted with Jai Shree Ram?” tweeted BJP Bengal on January 24.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Pooja_Chaudhuri&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1353208267099365380&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Fmamata-banerjees-speech-clipped-to-portray-her-as-religiously-biased-towards-muslims%2F&sessionId=5fcbe0a42530f03229649ca24b30f3ef5a5189b8&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px The party had uploaded a 12-second clip of Banerjee where she can be heard saying in Bengali, “We pray to Allah that…More

“Bihar: Muslims enter tribal land to offer namaz on Eid, tribals attack them fearing land grabbing attempt,” read the title of a report published by right-wing website OpIndia on June 6. According to the article, a group of Muslims arrived at the tea estates near Dhulabari village in Kishanganj, Bihar to offer Namaz on the occasion of Eid…More

A video shared by several social media users claims to depict the lynching of a Hindu man by members of the Muslim community. “मरने वाला हिन्दू और मारने वाला मुसलमान है… शायद इसलिए बुद्धिजीवियों की नजर में ये लिंचिंग नहीं है (The one who died is Hindu and the one who killed him is Muslim. Perhaps…More

A video has been doing rounds on social media where a group of men in skull caps can be seen pelting stones on what looks like a place of worship. The clip is viral with the claim that members of the Muslim community were hurling stones at a temple in Atali village, Faridabad in Haryana. Its…More