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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

日本ファクトチェックセンターReligion & belief

2017年に聖書のコオロギについての記述が書き換えられた

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review says the 2017 revision of the Japanese New Interconfessional Bible did not make the claimed change: the earlier edition already listed crickets in Leviticus 11:22. The revision changed the spelling from hiragana to katakana and adjusted the sentence ending, according to the publisher of that Bible.

FACTLYReligion & belief

Video of new gold vahanas donated by US based NRIs to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video said to show new gold vahanas donated by US-based NRIs to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). The review found that the video instead shows vahanas donated to the Sri Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam. It identifies the donor as NRI Vasavi Association (NRIVA), a US-based association, and says the video has no connection to TTD. To check the video’s provenance, the review reports conducting reverse image searches on screenshots from it. That search located a video published by V6 news with similar visuals and a title identifying the vahanas as donations to Bhadrachalam temple. The review gives the V6 video’s date as 21 March 2023. The review also reports that NRIVA donated 12 new vehicles, with a stated cost of 65 lakhs, for Thiruveedi Seva at the Bhadrachalam temple. Thus, the video’s visuals and the reported donation point to Bhadrachalam, not TTD; the claim misattributes both the temple and the destination of the donation.

Rumor ScannerReligion & belief

নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম বলেনঃ ‘‘কিয়ামত নিকটবর্তী হওয়ার আলামত হচ্ছে, চন্দ্র মোটা হয়ে উদিত হবে। বলা হবে এটি দুই দিনের চাঁদ’’। তাবরানী। ইমাম আলবানী হাদীস টিকে সহীহ বলেছেন, সহীহুল জামে আস্ সাগীর, হাদীস নং- ৫৭৭৪।

Publisher’s rating: সত্য

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaReligion & belief

බෞද්ධ ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ ලා පිරිසකට හෝටලයකින් මත්පැන් පිළිගන්වන අයුරු? (Video)

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review investigated a video circulated with captions implying that Buddhist monks were being served alcohol at a hotel. The footage shows a drink being poured at a table where monks are seated, but the review says closer inspection of the bottle reveals the label “Fruit Cocktail.” It reports that its examination of the drink identified it as a fruit-based, non-alcoholic beverage, rather than wine or champagne as the video’s presentation suggested. The review also used clues in the footage to identify the venue: it says the hotel employee’s uniform named Hotel Queensbury and that the hotel was in Kaduwela. The hotel manager, Tharindu Deshitha, reportedly confirmed that the gathering was a customary alms-giving event and that the drink served was a fruit cocktail, not alcohol. The manager also said the event was the donor’s fifth such occasion and that 185 monks attended this time. The review further reports that the hotel issued a statement saying the event took place on March 19, and that the person who posted the footage had been dismissed from temporary waiter work at the hotel for theft. The hotel alleged that he posted the footage in a misleading way and said it intended to take legal action. The review’s conclusion is limited to the nature of the drink: it explicitly does not assess whether serving this kind of beverage at an alms-giving event was appropriate.