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Claim: Mob lynched a Christian and set him on fire over blasphemy charges in Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-14)
Evidence (2023-03-23): When Bibi was finally absolved of blasphemy charges in 2018, a wave of violent protests erupted across Pakistan, led by right-wing groups, most prominently the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP — "I Am Present Pakistan"). Protesters brought the country to a standstill, setting fire to rickshaws and cars. Traffic blockades due to the riots forced authorities to shut schools in most parts of the country. Shoes were hurled at pictures of the then-chief justice of Pakistan, Saqib Nisar, while extremist clerics leading the protests called for mutiny in the armed forces. Police were given no clear instructions by the government on how to deal with the protesters and seemed unable to handle the mobs. [...] The type of persecution Bibi survived is an ongoing phenomenon in Pakistan and continues regardless of the government in power. According to news reports, at least 80 people have been extrajudicially killed in connection with blasphemy allegations in the country since 1990. Last month, a mob in Punjab’s Nankana Sahib district lynched a prisoner accused of blasphemy after attacking the police station in which he was held. His body was later set on fire. In December 2021, the case of the Sri Lankan national Priyanta Kumara, who was burned to death in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations, sparked global outrage.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2023-07-14): There is no official statement or media reports regarding France implementing a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries. The visa application process for all countries on France’s official visa website appears to be normal without any restrictions. Therefore, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2023-07-18): In the context of the ongoing riots in France over the shooting of a youngster by a policeman for a traffic violation, a post is being shared on social media claiming that France has banned entry for citizens from 57 Muslim countries but only allows Indian citizens. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: There is no official statement or media reports regarding France implementing a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries. The visa application process for all countries on France’s official visa website appears to be normal without any restrictions. Therefore, the claim made in the post is FALSE. [...] To sum it up, there is no evidence to suggest that France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2024-10-08): In a post Tuesday on the social media platform X, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he imposed an additional ban to ensure that Omar bin Laden "will not be able to return to France for any reason whatsoever."
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2021-05-19): While some French politicians have defended the amendment as a reinforcement of the country’s adherence to secularism, others have slammed it as yet another instance of part of an ugly strain of Islamophobia in the nation, which is home to the largest Muslim population in Western Europe—a population that has experienced increased discrimination in recent years, in the wake of terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists in recent years and the rise of far-right politics. One 2019 report found that 44.6% of the country considered Muslims a threat to French national identity, while a government survey from the same year listed that 42% of Muslims (other studies put the figure at 58%) reported experiencing discrimination due to their religion, a number that increased to 60% for women who wore a headscarf. [...] While the proposed legislation still needs to be approved by the lower house of French Parliament before it can become a law, it’s already drawn significant backlash from many Muslim women around the world, who see the law as not only xenophobic and discriminatory, but an attack on their agency—a sentiment that has grown over the years as French politicians have argued that laws restricting religious symbolism are in service of women’s empowerment and public safety. On social media, the hashtag #HandsOffMyHijab has become a rallying cry to protest the amendment, started by Somali-Norwegian model Rawdah Mohamed, who used the phrase in a now-viral Instagram post to call out the potential ban. It’s since garnered support from the likes of U.S. congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2023-08-27): Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education minister has said.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2024-07-19): After months of campaigning by sporting organizations, France has not reversed its decision to ban French athletes who observe the hijab from participating in the summer Olympics; a move that human rights organizations say is, at best, a contradiction of the nation’s pledge to deliver the first gender-equal games, and at worst, a breach of international human rights treaties. "It shows Muslim women that when the French authorities talk about equality between men and women, they don't see them as women. They don't count them," says Anna Błuś, Amnesty International’s women’s rights researcher in Europe. "It's really important for major human rights organizations such as ours, to be very vocal on this issue, and to publicly show solidarity with Muslim women's rights groups," Błuś says. "These communities and these women have been demonized and vilified for years." On Tuesday, Amnesty International published a report calling out French authorities for the "discriminatory hypocrisy" of its hijab bans across a number of sports including soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Amnesty’s report details the racial and gendered discrimination and barriers to entry that French Muslim athletes currently face at professional and amateur level. It also addresses the IOC’s refusal to apply pressure on authorities to overturn the ban, which does not apply to non-French participants at the Olympics.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2020-12-01): France Islam: Muslims under pressure to sign French values charter [...] Integrating all groups of Muslims into French society has become a pressing political issue in recent years. France has an estimated five million Muslims - Europe's largest Muslim minority.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2016-08-24): The bans have been implemented individually by various cities and communes in France’s coast, with each giving slightly different reasons. [...] Authorities in at least 15 towns and cities have so far brought in bans, with the most recent being Cagnes-sur-Mer in Provence. [...] The bans are widely perceived to be a response to increased tensions and public fears following the Nice attack, when an Isis supporter mowed down 86 people celebrating Bastille Day on 14 July, and the murder of a Catholic priest by Isis supporters.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2023-07-18): A set of pictures targeting the Muslim community is going viral on the internet with a claim that France has recently banned passports and visas of people from 57 Muslim countries in the world 'except India'. [...] What is the truth?: There is no information available to support that France has declared a ban on passports and visas of people from Muslim nations. [...] Conclusion: There is no evidence to support the claim that the French government has announced a ban on the passports and visas of all citizens from Islamic nations.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2020-12-08): Recent measures are being justified on the basis that sections of the Muslim community are in conflict with republican values, but there is little evidence of this. In fact, in the largest quantitative study of the relationship between terrorism and discrimination in France, researchers from the Centre for the Study of Conflict in Paris unearthed the exact opposite. They found that overall Muslims deeply trust the institutions of the Republic, more so even than the control group, aside from the media and the police: "What emerges from the study looks more like a massive adherence of French Muslims to the Republic." [...] Crucially, the space we call freedom, where civil society, religious or otherwise, is able to organize according to their ideals, principles and values, as long as these do not infringe the law – is shrinking. Particularly once again for Muslims. In recent weeks, several Muslim organisations, including France’s largest anti-islamophobia organization (CCIF) have been dissolved by government decree, on grounds denounced by Amnesty international and an array of public figures and organizations, which have called for a reversal of the decision dubbed "extreme": "Amnesty international is extremely concerned about the signal that this sends to NGOs and the fight against discrimination in France."
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2022-02-05): The proposed ban is opposed by Emmanuel Macron’s government and French lawmakers expressed "regret" over the government’s "lack of will" to put a stop to what they describe as the "development of Islamism in sport," CNN reported. It comes against the backdrop of a forthcoming presidential election in April, where France’s domestic politics continue to lurch further to the right, and many Muslim residents and communities of color are being subjected to divisive and toxic political rhetoric on Islam, immigration and race. [...] France is home to roughly 5.7 million Muslims and the largest Muslim population in Europe, according to the Pew Research Center. As of 2019, 31% of French Muslim women were wearing hijab, according to Statista, so this sports ban will have a profound impact on many women. Yet again, French lawmakers have chosen to continue on a dangerous collision course with the country’s Muslim population and especially French Muslim women. [...] This is the hypocrisy that France must grapple with. Denying Muslim women our rights in the name of upholding so called neutrality is a fig leaf for further mainstreaming anti-Muslim bigotry and misogyny against Muslim women. French Muslim women are simply not standing for it anymore, and neither are many more Muslim women outside of France. We are collectively calling time on this racism and Islamophobia.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2024-06-27): PARIS (AP) — France’s government on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes. [...] Another decree targeted a group called Jonas Paris, which it said claims to support France’s Muslim community but instead promotes violence, hate and discrimination toward non-Muslims, women and LGBTQ+ people.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2020-12-10): But Prime Minister Jean Castex called it "a law of protection" that would free Muslims from the grip of radicals. [...] France has an estimated five million Muslims, Europe's largest Muslim minority. [...] In France itself, some left-wing politicians have expressed concern that the legislation could be seen as stigmatising Muslims.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2024-07-02): France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges Tensions are rising in France, home to one of Europe’s largest Muslim minorities, ahead of the snap election run-off. [...] "It’s an important thing to remember," said Tiziri. "Even under Macron, we lived in a nauseating Islamophobic and racist climate, where scapegoats were the Muslims and the people from foreign origin."
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2024-05-02): Muslims make up an estimated 10% of the population in France — the largest Muslim population in Europe. Malet said teachers are generally very supportive of the law prohibiting the display of religious symbols in schools — about 90% said they are in favor of the ban in public secondary schools. Christophe Naudin, a history teacher at a public high school in Paris, is among them. Naudin said that his students across the religious spectrum need to understand that the ban is not anti-religion or anti-freedom — it’s for their own protection from proselytism in the classroom.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2021-04-21): France has the largest population of Muslims in Western Europe, more than 5 million in a nation of 67 million, a legacy of its colonial domination of large swaths of Africa and the Middle East. But the country’s efforts to integrate Muslim immigrants have faltered. The official French doctrine of colorblindness is intended to ignore ethnic and religious backgrounds and to have all French citizens seen as equally French. In reality, the ideal often fuels discrimination against those who look, dress or pray differently from the historically Catholic majority, instead of preventing it. Muslims are disproportionately represented in France’s poorest, most alienated neighborhoods, as well as its prisons. That has bred angry outcasts who see their homeland as sinful and disrespectful toward Islamic traditions, or simply racist against Arab and other immigrants from lands that once enriched the French empire.
Claim: France has implemented a ban on citizens from 57 Muslim countries while exclusively permitting entry for Indian citizens in response to the recent riots (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-14)
Evidence (2021-05-10): Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-04): The incident occurred in Kotradeep Singh Village in Rajasthan, where three people were electrocuted while attempting to retrieve a ring that had become entangled in a high-tension wire. However, according to the former sarpanch and the husband of the current sarpanch, there is no mosque in their village. A video captured from another angle does not show any mosque, and a review of Google Maps confirms that there is no mosque in the village. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): Thanjavur accident: Eleven electrocuted in India temple procession At least 11 people were electrocuted and 15 others injured during a religious procession held by a temple in Tamil Nadu in southern India. [...] Senior police officials told NDTV news channel that the high-voltage line along the procession route is normally turned off. But this time, the supply was not cut because the chariot was not tall enough to touch the power lines.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2024-10-08): 2018 West Bengal riots [edit]Rama Navami procession that was scheduled to take place in Raniganj was disrupted when people from the Muslim community objected to the use of loudspeakers. Soon the heated debate turned violent, and police personnel was attacked with bricks and stones. Bombing with crude bombs started as soon as the mob became violent. Arindam Dutta Chowdhry Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarter), who reached the spot to monitor the situation, got injured in the bomb attack with his right hand almost blown away in the blast.[37] [...] - ^ "1 dead, several others injured during Ram Navami procession in Bengal's Dalkhola". www.indiatoday.in. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023. [...] - ^ "Over 20 injured in violence during Ram Navami procession in Murshidabad". The Indian Express. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-01): HASSAN: Tension prevailed for a while at Megalakeri Extension of Channarayapatna town after a youth in a particular community allegedly stabbed two people during the procession of Rama Navami celebrations on Friday. SP Hariram Shankar said the incident occurred over ‘personal rivalry’. The injured have been identified as Muruli and Chetan of the same extension and they are undergoing treatment at taluk hospital. The incident occurred when the procession passed in front of a masjid where a group of youths was airing slogans against Sri Rama.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2023-04-04): Months before violence broke out during Ram Navami celebrations, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition highlighting how religious processions are being "weaponised" with participants brandishing arms in public and often unleashing mayhem.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2010-08-02): Rama Rajya Rama Rajya, the reign of Sri Rama is a rare duration of peace and prosperity bestowed by him alone. This festival commemorates the birth of Sri Rama who is remembered for his prosperous and righteous reign. In Northern India, an event that draws popular participation is the Rama Navami procession, also called Ratha Yatra. The main attraction in this procession is a gaily decorated chariot in which four persons enact the divine pastimes of Rama, His brother Lakshmana, His queen Sita and His pure devotee, Hanuman. The chariot is accompanied by several other persons dressed up in ancient costumes as Rama's soldiers. The procession is a gusty affair with the participants praising echoing the blissful days of Rama's rule as the Supreme Emperor on Bhuloka (Earth).
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): Two children among 11 electrocuted during religious procession in southern India [...] Aftermath of temple chariot after electrocution during religious procession in India [...] Eleven people, including two children, were electrocuted to death in India after a truck with devotees that was decked up as a 9-feet-high chariot for a Hindu religious procession touched overhead electric wires and sparked a fire.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): 11, including children, electrocuted in temple chariot procession in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur [...] As many as 11 persons, including children, died Wednesday from electrocution during a temple chariot procession in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district when it came into contact with a high tension transmission line, police said Wednesday. At least 15 others have been injured in the incident. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin has announced ₹5 lakh each as financial assistance for the deceased, the CM's office announced this morning. [...] Those who had suffered injuries have been admitted to the Thanjavur Medical College, police said. The procession was a part of the annual chariot festival in Tamil Nadu.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-28): At least 11 people, including three children, were electrocuted after a temple chariot procession in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district came in contact with a high-voltage power line early on Wednesday, police said. [...] Explaining the circumstances leading to the electrocution, police said the temple car was negotiating a turn when it came into contact with the overhead line. The people standing on the chariot were thrown in the impact, they said. [...] "Organisers could not go near the generator, leave alone turning it off. Obviously no one was sure from where the electricity was originating and how it was passing on and it was mayhem," a villager who witnessed the procession move on said.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): India: 11 die after being electrocuted at religious parade April 27, 2022At least 11 people died after being electrocuted during a religious parade in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): Tamil Nadu: 11 people die after being electrocuted during procession
Claim: A group of people getting electrocuted during Sri Ramanavami Procession for dancing in front of a Mosque. (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-04)
Evidence (2022-04-27): 11 die in high-voltage electrocution during a procession near Thanjavur Eleven persons, including three boys, died in an high-voltage electrocution accident during a religious procession at Kalimedu near here on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.