The viral post claimed that Muslim women in Kerala had said Hindu women would not be allowed on a bus unless they wore a burqa or hijab. Fact Crescendo’s review traces the image and claim to a bus dispute involving students at Khansa Women’s College in Kumbla, Kasaragod district—not to a demand that Hindu passengers cover their heads. The review says the students had complained that buses did not stop properly at the stop outside their college, leaving them waiting for long periods. According to the review, students later stopped buses that had passed without stopping and boarded them. An argument followed between the students and other passengers. The review says this episode was recast on social media as a religious dispute, and reports that the publisher’s Malayalam-language team had contacted Kumbla Police Station to check the matter. It concludes that the claim about Muslim women demanding burqas or hijabs from Hindu women was false. The excerpt does not provide a date for the bus incident or further details of the police confirmation.

YouturnOct 28, 2023Religion & belief

A Muslim man is marrying his daughter

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact CrescendoOct 28, 2023Religion & belief

हरिद्वार में ऐसा कोई हिंदू नहीं है जो मुस्लिमों से मुकाबला कर सके

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

Fact CrescendoOct 27, 2023Religion & belief

Claim: different news shared that a jew man disrespected the holy Quran in France

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: PARTLY FALSE

The review investigated a video shared with a post claiming that a Jewish man held an Israeli flag and trampled the Quran in France. It says the Facebook post examined was published on October 25, 2023, and that the video spread widely amid the Israel–Hamas war. The review’s conclusion is that the video depicts a real act of Quran desecration, but that the claims about France and the man being Jewish are false. To check the location, the reviewer converted a frame from the archived video into an image and searched for it using Google reverse image search. The results led the reviewer to reports and social-media posts placing the incident in Sweden. Further searches identified the man as Salwan Momika, an Iraqi who had gone to Sweden as a refugee, and placed the act in Stockholm on October 21, 2023. The review also says Momika posted the video on his own X account. On identity, the review says Momika described himself as an atheist on social media, while several media outlets described him as a Christian from Mosul, Iraq. Those details differ, but neither supports the claim that he was Jewish. The review therefore distinguishes the real event shown in the video from the false location and identity attached to it in the viral post.

FACTLYOct 26, 2023Religion & belief

A video showing a man named Baba Javed Hussain from Haridwar, making hateful comments about Hindus

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

YouturnOct 26, 2023Religion & belief

GODDESS SARASWATI from ARABIA. Goddess Saraswati on a Swan from PRE-ISLAMIC SAUDI ARABIA Preserved & displayed at the BRITISH MUSEUM. It’s a PROOF Of VEDIC Roots in Pre-Islamic Arabia!

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact CrescendoOct 25, 2023Religion & belief

ព្រះមហាក្សត្រាយានី នរោត្ដម មុនីនាថ សីហនុ បានចេញរាជសារនិមន្តសង្ឃ វន វាសី ចន្ទមុនី ចូលរួមព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យកឋិនទាននៅខេត្តកំពត។

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerned a purported royal letter inviting the monk Von Vasi Chanmoni to a Buddhist ceremony at a temple in Kampot province. Fact Crescendo describes the letter as circulating on social media and says the invitation was attributed to Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. The review’s description identifies a Buddhist ceremony, but does not specify that it was a kathin ceremony. To investigate, Fact Crescendo says it contacted the Royal Palace and checked local media coverage. Its account reports that the Royal Palace issued a clarification calling the circulated letter fake, as reported by state television TVK. The review says the clarification came after the letter had circulated and prompted questions about its authenticity. The review concludes that the invitation claim was false on the basis of the Palace’s denial that the letter was genuine. It also records a limitation: Fact Crescendo could not reach the Palace spokesperson for further comment. The excerpt does not provide the text of the clarification or independent document-authentication details, so those should not be inferred.

YouturnOct 24, 2023Religion & belief

சவூதி அரேபியவில் கண்டு எடுக்கப்பட்ட சரஸ்வதி சிலை இந்து சொந்தங்கள் அனைவர்க்கும் சரஸ்வதி பூஜை வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Publisher’s rating: False

YouturnOct 24, 2023Religion & belief

Why are A2B & starbiryaani almost always adjacent shops, in the same building? ADYAR ANANDA BHAVAN & A2B is bought over by Muslim group and they are distributing Quran in the Shop openly. They still exhibit the old owner couple’s photo and Hindu God’s pictures to hold on to customers

Publisher’s rating: False