Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital

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Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital​

A collage of two images purporting to compare the current situation in Nainital to that of 12 years ago has gone viral on social media. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading.​

• • • Riddhish Dutta
• Kolkata
• May 22, 2022
• UPDATED: May 22, 2022 23:12 IST

A collage comparing scenarios of Nainital over the decade has gone viral on social media (Photo: India Today)

Uttarakhand’s Nainital has always been a cherished destination for travellers. The hill station has witnessed an episode of communal tension recently. Amid this, a collage of two images that claim to compare the current scenario in Nainital with that 12 years ago has gone viral on social media.

The first image of the collage captioned "Nainital 2010," showed a road with pedestrians. The second image, titled "Nainital 2022," had a few hundred Muslims offering prayers publicly.

The collage is shared by many on Twitter and Facebook with captions like "Hindu families are brainwashed by 'hum do humare do'. This weakens the family system. Day by day, we are losing to them." Here, "them" refers to the Muslim community.

Archived versions of some similar posts can be seen here.

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading as the second image was not taken from Nainital. The photograph of Muslim public prayer is from Bangladesh.

AFWA Probe​

With the help of a reverse image search, we examined both the images used in the collage. In the process, a higher resolution version of the image of the road with the pedestrians was spotted on a travel website named ‘Indian Holiday.’

In this image, we were able to locate signage for ‘Alka’ and ‘Dominos’ on the right side of the footpath. Taking this as a cue, we searched for Google Maps and located the pizza outlet on Nainital’s Mall Road, opposite the famous Nainital Lake. ‘Alka’ is a lakeside hotel that can also be located on Google Maps. Thus, it became clear that the first image was indeed from Nainital.

When we ran a reverse image search of the second photograph, the results took us to an articlepublished in November 2019. The article was about the 'World’s biggest Islamic Congregation’ held in Madhya Pradesh’s capital, Bhopal. Although no detailed information about the photo was available here, the higher resolution image helped us spot the original one.

When this image was reverse searched, the results led us to an ‘Al Jazeera’ report from January 24, 2018. According to the report, the photograph was captured by Mahmud Hossain Opu during the annual Biswa Ijtema ("world congregation") event, where more than two million people from over 130 countries took part.

A comparison of the two images confirms that the image from Bangladesh has been used in the viral collage.

The report presents the said event as the second-largest Muslim gathering in the world. The photograph was taken during collective prayer on the banks of the Turag River, which is some 35 kilometres away from Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

Thus, it can be concluded that the collage comparing scenarios of Nainital over the decade is misleading as the second image is from Bangladesh.


INDIA TODAY FACT CHECK

ClaimNainital, which was sparsely populated in 2010, is now overcrowded by Muslims who offer prayers in public.ConclusionThe first photo is from Nainital’s mall road. The second photo, however, is from the 2018 congregation of Biswa Ijtema in Bangladesh.

JHOOTH BOLE KAUVA KAATE​

The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie.

• 1 Crow: Half True
• 2 Crows: Mostly lies
• 3 Crows: Absolutely false

Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital

A collage of two images purporting to compare the current situation in Nainital to that of 12 years ago has gone viral on social media. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading.

www.indiatoday.in

 

[Bilal9]

Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital​

A collage of two images purporting to compare the current situation in Nainital to that of 12 years ago has gone viral on social media. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading.​

• • • Riddhish Dutta
• Kolkata
• May 22, 2022
• UPDATED: May 22, 2022 23:12 IST

A collage comparing scenarios of Nainital over the decade has gone viral on social media (Photo: India Today)

Uttarakhand’s Nainital has always been a cherished destination for travellers. The hill station has witnessed an episode of communal tension recently. Amid this, a collage of two images that claim to compare the current scenario in Nainital with that 12 years ago has gone viral on social media.

The first image of the collage captioned "Nainital 2010," showed a road with pedestrians. The second image, titled "Nainital 2022," had a few hundred Muslims offering prayers publicly.

The collage is shared by many on Twitter and Facebook with captions like "Hindu families are brainwashed by 'hum do humare do'. This weakens the family system. Day by day, we are losing to them." Here, "them" refers to the Muslim community.

Archived versions of some similar posts can be seen here.

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading as the second image was not taken from Nainital. The photograph of Muslim public prayer is from Bangladesh.

AFWA Probe​

With the help of a reverse image search, we examined both the images used in the collage. In the process, a higher resolution version of the image of the road with the pedestrians was spotted on a travel website named ‘Indian Holiday.’

In this image, we were able to locate signage for ‘Alka’ and ‘Dominos’ on the right side of the footpath. Taking this as a cue, we searched for Google Maps and located the pizza outlet on Nainital’s Mall Road, opposite the famous Nainital Lake. ‘Alka’ is a lakeside hotel that can also be located on Google Maps. Thus, it became clear that the first image was indeed from Nainital.

When we ran a reverse image search of the second photograph, the results took us to an articlepublished in November 2019. The article was about the 'World’s biggest Islamic Congregation’ held in Madhya Pradesh’s capital, Bhopal. Although no detailed information about the photo was available here, the higher resolution image helped us spot the original one.

When this image was reverse searched, the results led us to an ‘Al Jazeera’ report from January 24, 2018. According to the report, the photograph was captured by Mahmud Hossain Opu during the annual Biswa Ijtema ("world congregation") event, where more than two million people from over 130 countries took part.

A comparison of the two images confirms that the image from Bangladesh has been used in the viral collage.

The report presents the said event as the second-largest Muslim gathering in the world. The photograph was taken during collective prayer on the banks of the Turag River, which is some 35 kilometres away from Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

Thus, it can be concluded that the collage comparing scenarios of Nainital over the decade is misleading as the second image is from Bangladesh.


INDIA TODAY FACT CHECK

ClaimNainital, which was sparsely populated in 2010, is now overcrowded by Muslims who offer prayers in public.ConclusionThe first photo is from Nainital’s mall road. The second photo, however, is from the 2018 congregation of Biswa Ijtema in Bangladesh.

JHOOTH BOLE KAUVA KAATE​

The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie.

• 1 Crow: Half True
• 2 Crows: Mostly lies
• 3 Crows: Absolutely false

Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital

A collage of two images purporting to compare the current situation in Nainital to that of 12 years ago has gone viral on social media. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found this collage to be misleading.

www.indiatoday.in

Thanks to the sane Kolkata Dadas who reveal these bold-faced lies made and spread by BJP/RSS functionaries.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Thanks to the sane Kolkata Dadas who reveal these bold-faced lies made and spread by BJP/RSS functionaries.

This type of misinformation and propaganda are too numerous to count. I regularly see them while searching news about Bangladesh. The truth is, India is rapidly sliding into a hindu nazi state and sooner or later they will create a major problem with Bangladesh which will rudely awaken us from our complacency of believing that India is some kind of benevolent 'big brother' many held true in Bangladesh. Already Bangladeshi tourists are getting hate in India, few days ago I watched a video where some RSS goons are beating up a mentally handicapped street beggar into a confession that, he came from Bangladesh. They were doing that to make a propaganda video for Facebook, Twitter.

Between Pakistan and Bangladesh, Bangladesh get more comtempt from BJP-RSS. Pakistan though hated, also get respect and feared by those thugs simply because Pakistan can whip their asses if they try to create mischief with Pakistan. BJP-RSS think, Bangladesh is an easy target and they can unload their generalized hatred and contempt for Muslims on Bangladesh. Kolkata dadas are too few and irrelevant within India to halt this mega-current.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

Thanks to the sane Kolkata Dadas who reveal these bold-faced lies made and spread by BJP/RSS functionaries.

Indian media have lost all credibility in the west due to the sheer scale of misinformation.

No serious news organisation uses them as a primary source anymore.

 

[Trango Towers]

Our musjid are full in India pakistan Bangladesh and the Arab world. But our Iman is nowhere. We have no idea what we are praying and hence we suffer the consequences. Pray Allah guides us towards Islam

 

[TNT]

They are more than a billion but still insecure ugly little rats. Its about quality and not quantity u morons.