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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

dpa-factcheckingReligion & belief

Koran-CDs mit schädlichen Chemikalien unterwegs.

Publisher’s rating: Es gibt keinerlei Hinweise, dass derartige CDs mit schädlichen Substanzen tatsächlich einmal unterwegs waren. Tatsächlich handelt es sich vielmehr um eine Gruselgeschichte, die sich bereits seit dem Jahr 2016 im Netz verbreitet. Die Polizei dementierte schon damals.

The claim warned that CDs containing Koran songs had been smeared with harmful chemicals and were being sent in an envelope labeled “Classical Christmas music with a story.” The review traces this warning to a rumor that had circulated online since 2016, including claims that treated CDs were being placed in mailboxes. It reports that the police had already denied that such incidents occurred, and that its later inquiry found no evidence that the CDs had actually been distributed. To check the story’s origins, the review says it searched terms such as “Koran-CDs” and “Weilheim” and found reporting from 2016 about the rumor’s circulation on WhatsApp and Facebook. It recounts that police in the relevant region told media and posted on Facebook that no such incidents had occurred. In a December 2016 interview, a spokesperson for the Upper Bavaria South Police Headquarters called the claim a hoax; the review says neither the state criminal police nor the Weilheim criminal police could confirm the alleged events, and no one had been hospitalized for poisoning. The review also reports a fresh inquiry to the Upper Bavaria South Police Headquarters: a police chief inspector said nobody in Weilheim was hospitalized because of such an incident and described the story as a false report that had circulated in 2016. The images shared with current posts showed a brown envelope bearing the sender name “Menschen für Menschen”; the review notes that the same images and claim had already been addressed in a 2019 fact-check, which included a denial from the foundation. It distinguishes these circulating claims from proof of any actual distribution: the reported police checks and inquiries did not substantiate that CDs with harmful substances had been sent.

منصة صدق اليمنية Sidq YemenReligion & belief

مقطع فيديو في ختام الاحتفال بالمولد النبوي بصنعاء، يظهر المحتفلون وهم يرددون هتافات 'لا حوثي بعد اليوم

Publisher’s rating: ◼️ بحثنا عن المقطع الحقيقي؛ ووجدناه دون أي هتافات؛ ما يعني أنه تمت إضافة الأصوات إليه. ◼️ أخذت أصوات الهتافات من مقطع سابق نشر في ديسمبر 2017.

YouturnReligion & belief

திருப்பதி கோவிலுக்கு பாராளுமன்ற குழு வுடன் சென்று வந்த பிறகு கோவில் வாசலில் கனிமொழி கூறியது::- ‘- இத்தனை கோடி பேர்கள் பைத்தியமாக வணங்கும் ஒரு பொம்மை எப்படி இருக்கும் என்று காணவே இங்கு வந்தேன்.” என்னுடன் வந்தவர்கள் பயபக்தியுடன் அந்த பொம்மையை வணங்கும் போது என்னால் சிரிப்பை அடக்க முடியவில்லை.”… மறவாதீர்! திமுக வுக்கு ஓட்டு போடுவது தெய்வ குற்றம்.

Publisher’s rating: False

FACTLYReligion & belief

Tamil Nadu government displayed an anti-Hindu stance by closing down a warehouse of Ganesh idols

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a video of officials closing a Ganesh-idol warehouse in Karur, Tamil Nadu, and artisans appealing against the action. The review says the footage did show the closure, but argues that the communal interpretation left out the stated regulatory reason: officials said they found the makers using prohibited materials, including Plaster of Paris (PoP). It reports that the state pollution-control officials sealed the warehouse for violating pollution rules, rather than because the idols were Hindu.