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Religion & belief fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about religion & belief. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

3,371 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYReligion & belief

The video shows clergymen from various churches on their way to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to express support for the protesters.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the video was online by 8 May 2026, before the CJP protest began on 20 June, and was therefore unrelated to the protest. It notes that available reporting linked the footage to a Christian pilgrimage from Meerut to Sardhana, though the review says it could not independently verify the video’s exact context.

FACTLYReligion & belief

The video shows a priest in Andhra Pradesh who claimed to possess divine powers and could fly, but died after jumping from a mountain.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The video shows priest Appa Papayya’s accidental fall at Gampa Mallaiah Swamy Hill in Anantapur district in August 2021, not a death after claiming he could fly. The review says he slipped while performing a customary ritual; media reports, a police statement and the FIR describe an accident and do not mention claims of divine powers or flight.

FACTLYReligion & belief

Hindus are in danger here, and you are worried about exams. If Hindus no longer exist, then who will even appear for the NEET exam? — MP Kangana Ranaut

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that Kangana Ranaut denied the viral statement on her official X account, calling it fake, and that Surendra Rajput later acknowledged the statement and poster were not hers. The review concludes that she did not make the quoted remark while commenting on the 2026 NEET paper leak.

FACTLYReligion & belief

సనాతన ధర్మానికి వ్యక్తిరేకంగా ఉదయనిధి స్టాలిన్ చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలను టీవీకే ఎమ్మెల్యే మదర్ బదురుద్దీన్ సమర్ధించడంతో టీవీకే జెండాలను, గుర్తులను ప్రజలు తొలగించడాన్ని చూపుతున్న దృశ్యాలు.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYReligion & belief

The video shows a few people playing musical instruments inside a Kolkata mosque to harass devotees after the BJP’s victory in West Bengal.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY found that the video was unrelated to post-poll violence in West Bengal and had been online before the 2026 Assembly elections. It traced the footage to a video uploaded on 20 June 2025 by Gashchi Shahi Darbar Sharif and reported that a Bangladeshi fact-checker later identified the location as a shrine in Chittagong.