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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

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaReligion & belief

සාතන් ඇදහීමේ සංගීත ප්‍රසංගයක් පිළිබඳව සිරිල් ගාමිණී පියතුමාගේ ප්‍රකාශයක් ?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review examines a social-media image presented as a Swarnavahini Live at 8 post. It suggested that Catholic priest Cyril Gamini was concerned about “invoking the devil” at a Satan-worshipping music concert. The event at issue was the Hellfire electronic dance music festival at the Lotus Tower. The review says it found no evidence that Gamini had made the attributed comment about the festival or issued a statement to the media opposing it. To check the post’s provenance, the review looked for the image on Live at 8’s broadcast and Facebook page, then contacted the news outlet’s web team. According to the review, the team said it had published neither such a post nor a related story, and that the image misused its post format and branding. The review also contacted Gamini by phone; it reports that he denied commenting on or opposing the event and denied making a statement to any media outlet. The review distinguishes that fabricated attribution from real objections to the festival. It reports that religious figures, religious groups and Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake had objected to the event’s theme, which they said promoted Satanism or the devil. Those objections do not establish that Gamini made the particular statement in the circulating image. The review’s conclusion is that the Live at 8-style post was false and that Gamini had not made the comment attributed to him.

YouturnReligion & belief

300 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு தமிழ்நாட்டின் வள்ளலார் வாழ்ந்த வடலூரில் ஜீவா சமாதிக்குள் சென்ற சித்தரின் (யோகி) தற்போதைய வாழ்க்கைக்கு சாட்சியாக இருப்பது ஒரு பெரிய பாக்கியம். கோயிலை புதுப்பிக்க சேற்றை தோண்டும்போது அவர் உயிருடன் காணப்பட்டார். சித்தர் யோகாசனத்தில் அமர்ந்திருப்பதைக் காணலாம். நம்பமுடியாத இந்தியா, இது உலகின் பிற பகுதிகளால் கற்பனை செய்யமுடியாது. ஓம் நமச்சிவாய.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYReligion & belief

Video of a woman constable speaking about increasing domination of Islam and love jihad in the country

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video presented as showing a woman constable speaking about the increasing domination of Islam and love jihad. FACTLY reports that the circulating version used altered audio, rather than the constable making those statements: “This viral video is an altered version created by adding a different audio to the original video.” In the original footage, the constable was describing alleged casteist abuse and harassment by her superior at Karhal police station in Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. The review traces the footage to an incident in December 2016. It says a reverse-image search of screenshots found similar visuals in a Punjab Kesari article, which described a woman constable exposing an inspector for misbehaving with her. FACTLY also says it found further details in a Khaskhabhar article: Rupesh Bharti, a Dalit woman constable, complained about alleged casteist abuse and mental harassment by station house officer Subhash Chandra Yadav. The review’s central distinction is between the original footage and the version shared with the claim. It states that Bharti “did not speak anything about Islam or about love jihad” in the original video, and concludes that a different audio track had been added before the footage was shared with that narrative. The excerpts do not provide technical details about how the audio alteration was established, so no further conclusion about the editing process is warranted.

YouturnReligion & belief

மதம்,இனம்,மொழி அடிப்படையில் எந்தவித காழ்ப்புணர்ச்சியோ,வெறுப்போ கொள்ளமாட்டேன்னு அரசியல் அமைப்பு மேல சத்திய பிரமாணம் எடுக்குறவனுங்க செய்யுற செயலா இது ? அரபுக்கள் நாம் இந்துராஷ்டிரத்தை எதிர்கொள்வோம் என்ற புத்தகத்தை வெளியிட்டு உள்ளனர்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYReligion & belief

Visuals of a temple located in Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur district completely built using teak wood

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post attributes footage of a building made with teak wood to an under-construction temple in Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh. FACTLY traced the footage to a building in Thailand called the Sanctuary of Truth Museum, rather than to the claimed Indian temple. The review says an internet search led to a YouTube video using the same footage, titled “Hindu temple constructed entirely with *teak wood* in Thailand, height being 345 feet.” It then compared a pillar visible in the viral video with images posted on Google Maps and found a match. The review also points to the same pillar appearing in a travel vlog at the 14:04 timestamp. For further context, FACTLY reports that the Sanctuary of Truth’s official website describes it as the world’s largest wooden castle and says it has been under construction since 1981. The review separately searched for information about a teak-wood temple being built in Anuppur but found none. That absence is reported as part of its investigation; the identification of the footage rests on the matching building and pillar evidence.