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Religion & belief fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about religion & belief. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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YouturnReligion & belief

இந்தியாவிலுள்ள மாநிலங்களிலேயே கோவில்களின் நகரமாகத் திகழ்வது தமிழ்நாடு தான். தமிழ்நாட்டில்தான் அதிகப்படியாக 79,154 கோவில்கள் உள்ளன. இந்திய ஒற்றுமை பயணத்தில் ராகுல் காந்தி ஒரு இந்து கோவிலைக் கூட பார்வையிடவில்லை. ஆனால், சர்ச் மற்றும் மசூதிகளைப் பார்வையிடுகிறார்.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

FACTLYReligion & belief

Video showing the pilgrims who gathered at the Iraq International Airport to commemorate Arba’een in Karbala

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video said to show pilgrims gathered at an international airport in Iraq for Arba’een in Karbala. The review found that the footage is connected to the pilgrimage, but depicts a different location: Iranian pilgrims waiting at the Shalamcheh border crossing to enter Iraq. Thus, the error is the claimed airport setting, not the video’s connection to Arba’een. [S1: “The video shared in the post shows recent visuals of hundreds of Iranian pilgrims waiting to cross the Shalamcheh border to commemorate Arba’een in Karbala, Iraq.”] To check the location, the review says it ran reverse image searches on screenshots from the video. It found versions of footage with similar visuals posted by media channels and Facebook users, which described the scenes as pilgrims waiting at the Shalamcheh border port in Iran. The review also searched the internet using relevant keywords and found a photograph with similar visuals in an Irib News article; it says that report confirmed the location as the Shalamcheh border port. [S1: “On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was found to be posted by a few media channels and Facebook users.”] [S1: “This article confirmed it as the visuals from the Shalamcheh border port in Iran.”] The review places the footage amid a reported movement of Iranian pilgrims toward Iraq before Arba’een. It says the Shalamcheh crossing was closed on the Iraqi side and pilgrims were waiting to cross. That context helps explain why a crowded border scene could be presented as part of travel to Karbala, but it does not make the scene airport footage. The review’s conclusion is that the video shows pilgrims at the Shalamcheh border in Iran, rather than at an international airport in Iraq. [S1: “the Shalamcheh border is still closed from the Iraqi side and thousands of pilgrims were still waiting to cross the border to attend Arba’een in Karbala.”] [S1: “this video shows the crowded Arba’een pilgrims at the Shalamcheh border in Iran, not at an International Airport in Iraq.”]