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Bangladesh: Radical Islamists beat up a Hindu tribal woman for not wearing hijab in Cox's Bazar sea beach. Secularism is for those places where Hindus, Christians, or Buddhists are in the majority, otherwise, Sharia will be imposed. We need to act ASAP to save 18 million Bangladeshi Hindus
Publisher’s rating: false
Fact Check no forced conversion of hindu sadhu in bangladesh misleading claim viral
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೂಗಳ ಮೇಲಿನ ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ
Publisher’s rating: ತಪ್ಪು
এই ভিডিঅ’টোত বাংলাদেশত বাবৰি মছজিদৰ ধ্বংসৰ ওপৰত নিৰ্মিত এখন ছবি প্ৰদৰ্শন কৰা দেখা গৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: মিছা
Video shows atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh
Publisher’s rating: False
Syria: A 500-year-old Torah scroll was found in Assad’s basement this morning.
Publisher’s rating: false
Photo of 1500 AD statue of Lord Vishnu, a Shiva Lingam, and a Sudarshana Chakra found during a survey of the Sambhal Mosque in Uttar Pradesh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the Vishnu statue and Shiva Lingam photos show idols discovered in the Krishna River during bridge construction in Karnataka in February 2024, not finds from the Sambhal Mosque survey. It also says the Sudarshana Chakra image was a stock image unrelated to the survey.
A video shows meat being served to devotees at the pandal.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review reports that the video was filmed at a wedding in Uttarakhand, not at a pandal with devotees. The videographer confirmed that it showed a wedding ritual in which women were served food.
In Bangladesh, Muslims have converted a monk into a Muslim by cutting off his dreadlocks...
Publisher’s rating: false
The video shows a Hindu sadhu being compelled to convert to Islam in Bangladesh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral video does not show a Hindu sadhu being compelled to convert to Islam. It identifies the video as showing Mahbub Sorker helping a destitute man and says Sorker described his work as supporting people regardless of religion.
The woman featured in the photo is a Hindu spiritual preacher named Richa Mishra. She married a Muslim. Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s sister married a Muslim in the past.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY identifies the woman in the photo as Devi Chitralekha, not Richa Mishra, and says Chitralekha is married to Madhav Tiwari. It reports that Richa Mishra is unmarried and that Shastri’s sister, Rita Garg, married Kamlesh Chauraha, whom the review identifies as Hindu.
बांग्लादेश में मुस्लिमों ने एक साधु की जटाएं काटकर मुसलमान बना दिया
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
A video shows a 500-year-old Torah scroll found in one of Bashar al-Assad's palaces.
Publisher’s rating: False
A video shows Hindu devotional songs being performed at a concert in Saudi Arabia.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral video’s audio was edited to include a Hindu devotional song, while the original footage shows Abdul Majeed Abdullah singing an Arabic song at a concert in Kuwait. It says the concert took place in May 2024 and that the video was falsely presented as showing a performance in Saudi Arabia.