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Video of Muslim students chanting Hindu prayer in an educational institution is going viral on social media. The video claims that Hinduism has been infiltrated into schools and madrassas in Bangladesh through prayer in educational institutions.

(Screenshot from Facebook post)

Debunked Source

https://www.facebook.com/100008976721560/videos/3270069989985592/

https://www.facebook.com/100011729297463/videos/376925094576152/

  1. Fact Check

In order to investigate the claim, we searched for a logo displayed in the video “Doboka Live”.

We looked for the identical video and found the same video posted on Facebook account of DOBOKA LIVE on 4th June 2022 which reads “A scene from the prayer meeting of Islampur Block Senior Madrassa”

(Screenshot from Facebook post)

We checked for the origin of page and found that the page is being operated from India.

(Screenshot from Facebook page details)

We searched for Islampur Block Senior Madrassa on Google search engine and found the Madrassa is located in Assam, India.

Our fact-check revealed that the students are not chanting Hindu prayer, but a poem in Assamese language which means “Allah, Jesus and God are one’.

Source

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2851089055196018&t=0

Rating

Disinformation / False Context

Miscaptioned

Conclusion

Our fact-check confirmed that the viral claim was shared in a false context. The shared video is not from Bangladesh. The video was being shared to trigger communal rift.

ABCDE Framework-Based Analysis

Actor Independent social media users are involved in disseminating the misleading content on the world wide web. 
Behavior Video from India is being shared with misleading statements to incite religious bigotry. 
ContentSocial Media posts.
DegreeTarget audience of the post was Muslims and Hindus residing in Bangladesh. The video was not edited or forged but shared with misleading statements. Content was widely shared on Facebook.
Effect Such disinformation cases are spread to create distress among non-Muslims and Muslims residing in country, which leads to hate speech, death threats and mob lynching incidents.