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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

YouturnReligion & belief

பெங்களூரு முஸ்லீம்கள் கூட்டத்தில், இந்துக்களிடம் எதுவும் வாங்க வேண்டாம். எங்களுக்கு 5 ஆண்டு அதிகாரம் உள்ளது. இந்து பம்புகளில், பெட்ரோல் வாங்கக்கூடாது, இந்து மெடிக்கல் கடைகளில் மருந்து சாப்பிடக்கூடாது இந்துக்களுக்கு வியாபார லாபம் தரக்கூடாது என்று முடிவு செய்தனர். ஜாகோ சனாதன…

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

dpaReligion & belief

Muslimische Kinder sind dem Koran zufolge mit acht Jahren erwachsen.

Publisher’s rating: Heilige Schriften, egal welcher Religion, ersetzen in Österreich keinerlei Gesetze. Als erwachsen gilt hierzulande jeder Mensch ab dem 18. Geburtstag. Zudem gibt es in Österreich kein Kindergeld, sondern Familienbeihilfe. Sie steht auch vielen Familien mit volljähroigen Kindern zu.

The Austrian sharepic reviewed by dpa argued that Muslim children should lose state support from their eighth birthday, on the grounds that they are adults under the Quran from age nine. The review distinguishes that claim about religious adulthood from the legal question of adulthood in Austria. It reports that people become legally adult at 18, and that religious communities have no direct influence on Austrian legislation. It also notes that the sharepic’s “Kindergeld” framing is inaccurate for Austria, which pays Familienbeihilfe instead. The review says the Quran does not establish a clear, defined age at which Muslims become adults. It describes adulthood in Islam as associated with the beginning of puberty, but says there is no concrete minimum age for marriage in Islamic legal texts. The review therefore finds no basis in the Quran for the sharepic’s specific claim that children become adults at nine. It also explains that Familienbeihilfe can continue after a child turns 18: depending on vocational training, it may be paid to children under 24, with an additional year for children with a significant disability.

Fact CrescendoReligion & belief

भारत में एक मुस्लिम बस ड्राइवर बस में नमाज़ पढ़ रहा है और सारे यात्री धूप में उसका इंतज़ार कर रहे है। बस के दरवाज़े बंद है और उसके नमाज़ पढ़ने के बाद वे दरवाज़े खुलेंगे।

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

FACTLYReligion & belief

Video clips showing girls in the USA reciting Shiva stotras

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned multiple social-media clips presented as showing girls in the USA reciting Shiva stotras. The post also attributed their supposed popularity to the effectiveness of sound therapy. FACTLY says it checked whether the clips actually depicted what the post claimed, rather than assessing the broader claim about sound therapy. The review describes using reverse image searches on screenshots from the circulated clips. That search found a video with similar visuals on the Instagram account of German singer and musician Cass Mae. In its account, Cass Mae described the video as a Lord Shiva mantra she had posted, writing that she was happy when people saved and shared it. FACTLY also says it found other clips from the post on her Instagram account. On that basis, the review identifies the footage as Cass Mae’s cover performances, not videos of girls in the USA. It says Cass Mae also performed songs dedicated to other Hindu deities, but the evidence presented here does not establish the post’s separate assertion about sound therapy. The review’s conclusion is limited to the identity and location attributed to the people in the clips.

FACTLYReligion & belief

Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Trust donated ₹35 crore to Haj Pilgrims, while no donation was made for the construction of Ayodhya Ram Mandir

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns the Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Trust and alleges that it gave ₹35 crore to Haj pilgrims while making no donation toward construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. FACTLY reports that Rahul Jadhav, the Trust’s then-CEO, said no donation was given to Haj pilgrims. On the temple-funding part, Jadhav said no one had approached the Trust for a contribution, so it had made no decision to donate. The review describes two checks: searches found no credible reporting of a Haj donation, and the Trust’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts and website had issued no statement about one. It also recounts Jadhav’s clarification when the rumour spread in April 2023. Regarding the Ram Mandir, the review says there were no requests for donations and no provision for such funds under the Sansthan Regulations; accordingly, the Trust had taken no decision. This supports a narrower conclusion than a claim about the Trust rejecting a request: according to the review, no request had been made. The review traces a viral screenshot to a tweet by Kavita Tewari on 20 April 2023, which it says was later deleted after the information proved incorrect. It also says the full Latestly article shown in the screenshot categorized the information as false. The Trust filed a police complaint on 20 June 2023, and Shirdi police registered an FIR and began investigating, according to the review’s update. These details document the rumour’s circulation and response; the review’s central evidence is Jadhav’s clarification and the absence of any donation.