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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

dpaReligion & belief

Chef de l'ONU : Les chrétiens qui n'acceptent pas les MAP (minor attracted person) seront exclus de la société.

Publisher’s rating: Non, ces allégations sont fausses. Elles dérivent de propos déformés d'un expert indépendant mandaté par l'ONU pour rédiger un rapport sur la liberté de culte et la protection contre les violences fondées sur l'orientation sexuelle et l'identité de genre. Il n'y est question nulle part de pédophilie ou d'exclusion sociale des chrétiens.

FACTLYReligion & belief

తెలంగాణ ప్రభుత్వం మసీదుల్లో పని చేసే ఇమామ్ & మౌజమ్‌ల వేతనాలు 9995 నుండి 17000లకు పెంచింది; తెలంగాణ ప్రభుత్వం కేవలం ఇమామ్‌లకు మాత్రమే వేతనం ఇస్తుంది, హిందూ అర్చకులకు ఇవ్వడం లేదు.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYReligion & belief

Gandhi underscores that Hindus should not have the Ramayana or Mahabharata in their households, but he suggests the inclusion of the Quran instead

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a viral post presenting an alleged exchange in which Gandhi tells a barber that Hindus should not keep the Ramayana or Mahabharata at home and should include the Quran instead. FACTLY examined both whether the dialogue could be traced to its supposed source and whether the attributed views fit Gandhi’s recorded statements. It says the dialogue was claimed to come from a Hindi book attributed to Madhu Dhama, but that its search found no results for a book by that author with the stated title. The review also reports that it could not trace the dialogue in archival documents or reports about Gandhi. The investigation distinguishes the photograph from the words attributed to Gandhi. It identifies the image as Gandhi receiving a shave from Munnilal in Allahabad in 1939 and says archival records published it with a letter thanking the barber. That documented photograph does not establish that the alleged conversation took place: the review says it found no record of the dialogue associated with the image. FACTLY further contrasts the claim with statements it attributes to Gandhi about Hindu scriptures. It reports that he regarded the Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata highly, and quotes him describing the Gita as deeply important to him. On the evidence described in the article, the photograph is genuine, but it does not authenticate the accompanying dialogue, which the review says has no traceable record and conflicts with Gandhi’s expressed regard for these scriptures.