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Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-02): Sweden Quran burning: Iran won't send ambassador to Stockholm over incident [...] Plans to burn copies of the Quran have sparked riots in Sweden in recent months. Police had rejected similar protest applications recently, but courts then ruled that they should be allowed on freedom of expression grounds. [...] Iraq's foreign ministry also asked its Swedish counterpart to extradite the man who burned the Quran. They argued that since he still holds an Iraqi citizenship, he should face trial in Baghdad.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-14): The Kuwaiti government has proposed a significant initiative in response to the recent Quran burning incident in Stockholm, which coincided with Eid Al-Adha. On July 11, the Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, authorised the printing and distribution of 100,000 Swedish-language copies of the Quran. This initiative strives to promote tolerance, Islamic values, and peaceful coexistence among all people. The translated Korans will be delivered to various institutions throughout Sweden in the near future. [...] In response to the Quran burning incident that occurred in Stockholm on the day coinciding with Eid Al-Adha, the Kuwaiti government has taken proactive measures. The Council of Ministers, during its weekly meeting, responded to the incident by approving the publication of 100,000 copies of the Quran in the Swedish language. This decision reflects the government’s commitment to counter provocation and promote religious harmony in Sweden. [...] The Kuwaiti government’s decision to publish 100,000 copies of the Quran in the Swedish language serves as a powerful response to the recent Quran burning incident in Stockholm. Through this initiative, the government aims to promote religious tolerance, spread Islamic values, and foster coexistence among diverse communities. The translated Qurans, completed with the contribution of the late Knut Bernstrom, will soon be made available in mosques, libraries, schools, and other institutions throughout Sweden. This gesture reaffirms the importance of understanding, respect, and dialogue in building a harmonious society.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2024-09-29): - Iraq summoned the Swedish ambassador to the country, calling the Quran-burning "racist" and "irresponsible".[21] Iraq severed all diplomatic[23] and business ties and connections with Sweden in response.[48][49] Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Sweden to strip Momika of his citizenship and repatriate him for prosecution; failing this, al-Sadr said he would be tried in absentia.[7] On 20 July, Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador in response to another planned Quran burning in Stockholm.[23] [...] - ^ a b c d e "Outcry over Quran burning in Sweden: A timeline". Al Jazeera. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023. [...] - ^ a b c Rasheed, Ahmed; Azhari, Timour; Ringstrom, Anna (20 July 2023). "Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Koran burning". Reuters. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-21): Sweden’s ambassadors have been summoned in various countries following a second event held to desecrate the Quran, Islam’s holy book, was held in Sweden. [...] The Kingdom of Jordan condemned the Quran’s desecration in Stockholm "as a reckless act that fuels hatred, and a manifestation of Islamophobia that incites violence and insult to religions", its foreign ministry said on Thursday. [...] The United Arab Emirates summoned the Swedish charges d’affaires to strongly condemn the continuation of the Swedish government’s allowance of attacks on copies of the Quran, the state news agency (WAM) reported on Friday.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-20): Outcry over Quran burning in Sweden: A timeline [...] While protesters in Sweden kicked and partially damaged a book they said was the Quran, they did not burn it as they had threatened to do. According to Swedish media reports, the incident was planned by Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi refugee in Sweden who also burned pages of a Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on June 28 during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-10-17): How Quran burnings in Sweden have increased threats from Islamic militants STOCKHOLM (AP) — The killing of two Swedish citizens in an attack ahead of a soccer match in Brussels has shocked the Scandinavian country, although the government has been warning for months that Swedes were at greater risk since a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran holy book by a handful of anti-Islam activists. [...] In August, Sweden raised its terror alert to the second-highest level for the first time since 2016 following the Quran burnings and threats from militant groups.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-27): Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test - Published A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country's image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned. [...] It was a Danish-Swedish far-right activist called Rasmus Paludan who triggered the latest outcry when he was given permission to burn a Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-08-08): The spectacle of Qurans being torn and burned at protests in Sweden has fuelled intense public debate at home – and by the standards of Swedish domestic affairs, the incidents at legal protests have kicked off a shockingly intense international furore. [...] Ministers have so far ruled out amending Sweden’s freedom of speech law or banning Quran burnings outright, with Kristersson insisting that there is a place for responsibility as opposed to state restriction. "Everything that is legal is not appropriate," he said at a press conference last week. "It can be awful but still lawful." [...] Earlier this year, ex-prime minister and Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson told national broadcaster SVT that those burning the Quran in protest are "useful idiots" doing an unwitting service to those seeking to divide Swedish society, and that they had a duty to consider the consequences of their actions.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-12): The decision by the Kuwaiti government comes in the wake of the desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden which sparked international outrage. Kuwait has decided to print 100,000 copies of the Holy Quran translated into Swedish, a project to emphasise Islamic principles and values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence among all human beings, the state news agency Kuna reported. [...] Also, the UK, US and some European Union member countries rejected condemning the burning of the Quran during an urgent debate Tuesday at the UN Human Rights Council over the rising number of attacks against the Muslim holy book.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2024-01-10): In June, at the opening of the Aid al-Adha festivities, burned a Qur'an in front of Stockholm’s Grand Mosque. It triggered a deluge of protests, with the League of Arab States and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation protesting against the intolerable… tolerance of Swedish justice. In Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and other Muslim countries, demonstrators called for a boycott of Sweden, or even revenge against the country. [...] The multiplication of Qur'an burnings has only served to exacerbate the Islamic world’s concern that such acts are becoming commonplace. But Muslim communities are also outraged by the inaction Swedish authorities, which is in stark contrast to neighbouring countries such as Denmark and Finland. How can we explain the stance of Swedish officials in the face of this phenomenon, at a time when the political security situation appears (according to Prime Minister Kristersson’s 2022 Christmas speech) to be "the worst since the end of the Second World War"? [...] The technical reason most often cited to explain the prevalence Qur'an burnings in Sweden is the lack of a legal arsenal to prohibit it. Laws banning blasphemy and the defamation of religion were struck down more than 50 years ago, so the issue of the formally curbing such provocations that the discussion has crystallised.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-05): Fact Check: Qatar and Kuwait are NOT expelling Swedish people following Quran-burning incident [...] Now, according to some on social media, the governments of Qatar and Kuwait have called for the expulsion of all people of Swedish origin from their countries. A Facebook user photos of Qatar monarch Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, and wrote: "Breaking News: Kuwait and Qatar have said that they would expel all the Swedish people, following the Quran burning incident which recently happened in Sweden." India Today found that though Qatar and Kuwait have condemned the Quran-burning incident, neither of them has said that they will expel all Swedish people.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-08-08): Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson initially did not comment on whether the latest incident of Quran burning would further damage relations with Turkey and threaten NATO membership. On June 28 2023, he described the Quran burning as " legal but not appropriate," adding it was up to the police to make decisions on Quran burning. Sweden’s police had rejected several recent applications for anti-Quran demonstrations, but its courts overruled the decisions, saying they infringed on the right to freedom of speech.[fn]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/28/quran-desecrated-in-sweden-during-eid-al-adha-holiday[/fn] [...] "The EU joins the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its strong rejection of the burning of a Quran by an individual in Sweden. This act in no way reflects the opinions of the European Union. Burning the Quran or any other Holy Book is offensive, disrespectful and a clear act of provocation. Manifestations of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance have no place in Europe", said the statement
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2024-10-09): In response to the Quran burning incident, a significant number of Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad to express their outrage. They demanded the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador as a form of protest against this disrespectful act. [...] It is noteworthy that Sweden has witnessed multiple instances of Quran burnings in recent years. In January, a right-wing extremist from Sweden and Denmark burned a copy of the Quran in close proximity to the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. [...] The European Union (EU) has issued a resolute condemnation of the recent Quran burning outside a mosque in Stockholm, describing it as a "clear act of provocation."
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-23): The anger and outrage over the recurring incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden has reached the boiling point, with angry protests rocking the Muslim world in recent weeks. [...] "Muslim countries must unite in action against Sweden for desecration of the Holy Quran by all expelling Swedish ambassadors, cutting diplomatic ties. Muslim communities should boycott Swedish brand @IKEA to raise the price even more," Hamidreza Gholamzadeh, Tehran Mayor’s deputy for international affairs, tweeted on Friday. [...] Another user from Kuwait shared an image of all prominent Swedish products and brands, with a caption that she will be boycotting them "in defense of the Holy Quran."
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2024-04-05): An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who stoked international outrage by repeatedly desecrating the Quran last year has been arrested in Norway, and now faces deportation back to Sweden, according to court documents viewed by AFP on Thursday. On March 28, the Norwegian police had arrested Salwan Momika, an Iraqi who burned copies of the holy book at a slew of protests in Sweden over the summer. [...] The Swedish government condemned the acts of desecration, but stressed the country’s laws regarding freedom of speech and assembly.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-17): The Kuwaiti government announced plans to print 100,000 copies of the Quran translated into Swedish, Kuwait News Agency Kuna reported on Tuesday. The move came in response to the burning of the Quran by a man in Sweden during the festival of Eid-al-Adha last month, which caused outrage among Muslims worldwide. [...] Kuwait was one of several Muslim-majority countries to denounce the burning of the Quran in Sweden in late June.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-21): Before the decision to tell Sweden's ambassador to leave was announced, Sudani's office told reporters that an emergency meeting of key officials had taken place on Thursday to address the "alarming matter of the Swedish government granting a permit to protesters for burning the Holy Quran, followed by the burning of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad". [...] "The Iraqi government has informed the Swedish government through diplomatic channels that any recurrence of the incident involving the burning of the Holy Quran on Swedish soil would necessitate severing diplomatic relations," Sudani's office said. [...] Late last month, Sadr called for protests against Sweden and the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador after the 28 June Quran burning in Stockholm.
Claim: Qatar and Kuwait announced expelling of Swedish citizens in response to the Quran burning incident in Sweden (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-03)
Evidence (2023-07-24): Iran Press/ Europe: Some countries have already expelled Swedish envoys, some have declared their unwillingness to accept their new envoys, while many others have summoned the respective Swedish ambassadors in recent weeks to register their strong protest. Holding two Swedish flags and shouting in Arabic and broken Swedish, a 37-year-old Christian Iraqi refugee in Sweden, Salwan Momika, desecrated the Holy Quran in front of Stockholm’s most prominent mosque during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival on June 28. [...] People in Karachi protest against Swedish desecration of Holy Quran
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-05): The video in the viral post is a digitally rendered animation clip created by an artist named ‘aleksey.’ Hence the claim made in the post is False.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-01-04): Footage of a giant octopus being dragged up from the ocean by a fishing boat has left viewers stunned.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-05): A video showing one giant fish destroying a ship in the middle of the sea is doing the rounds on social media. Many users have shared the video, claiming that it is real and the incident occurred in Canada. A Facebook user posted the viral post with a caption: Really Fish attack from Canada [...] Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral video, claiming a shark destroyed a ship in the middle of the sea in Canada, is False.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2024-10-08): HALIFAX — A device used by researchers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada appears to have been the victim of an attack by a great white shark 300 metres under water off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-05): A video clip of a giant fish breaking a ship in half is being shared on social media, claiming that this attack was captured in Canada. The post’s description reads, ‘Fish attack from Canada.’ Let’s fact-check this claim through this article. [...] To sum up, a creative animated visualisation of a giant shark, Megalodon attacking a ship is shared as real-life footage captured in Canada.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-06): Giant fish attacks ship off Canada coast, ruptures it in half [...] Multiple news outlets reported on this "animation " video of the extinct megalodon shark attacking a ship. Such reports can be seen here, here and here. Hence, the viral posts claiming to show a giant fish attacking a ship off the Canadian coast are false. The video is a result of animation, and does not show any actual incident.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-12): A video showing a large marine animal attacking and destroying a ship in the middle of a water body is going viral on social media with a claim that this is a real incident that happened in Canada. [...] Conclusion: An animated video of a whale hitting a ship and completely destroying is going viral as a real incident.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-12): We came across this video on Facebook of a shark attacking a large ship. The enormous creature, which spans the length of the vessel, emerges from the water and rips the ship into two. The video was shared with the caption: "Really Fish attack from Canada". The same video was also shared on YouTube, with the caption: "shark attack in Canada". [...] Aleksey’s Instagram profile contains a longer video that refers to the animal as a Megalodon and shows the shark attacking the vessel and projectile material from the wrecked vessel bringing down the cameraman’s helicopter. The video ends with the creature attacking the cameraman who has fallen into the water. [...] Therefore, it is false that the video shows a shark attack in Canada. Instead, it was an animation made by a digital creator.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2023-04-12): The viral video of a ship being attacked by a giant shark in Canada is an animated video created by a digital creator named Alexi and does not show any actual incident. A 40-second video of a boat being attacked by a giant shark and split in two in Canada is going viral on social media. Users claim that it shows a real incident where a shark destroyed a ship in Canada recently. The video appears to have been captured from another ship which is later hit by the debris of the destroyed ship. [...] Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. The viral video of a ship being attacked by a giant shark in Canada is an animated video created by a digital creator named Alexi.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2010-08-04): Two fisherman were out in a small punt, on October 26, off Portugal Cove, Conception Bay, about 9 miles from St. John’s. Observing some object floating on the water at a short distance, they rowed towards it, supposing it to be a large sail or the débris of a wreck. On reaching it, one of the men struck it with his "gaff", when immediately it showed signs of life, reared a parrot-like beak, which they declare was "as big as a six-gallon keg," with which it struck the bottom of the boat violently. It then shot out from about its head two huge livid arms and began to twine them around the boat. One of the men seized a small axe and severed both arms at they lay over the gunwale of the boat, whereupon the fish moved off and ejected an immense quantity of inky fluid, which darkened the water for two or three hundred yards.
Claim: Visuals of a giant fish attacking a ship in Canada (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-05)
Evidence (2024-09-29): Denys-Montfort (1801) published on two giants, the "colossal octopus" with the enduring image of it attacking a ship, and the "kraken octopod", deemed to be the largest organism in zoology. Denys-Montfort matched his "colossal" with Pliny's tale of the giant polypus that attacked ships-wrecked people, while making correspondence between his kraken and Pliny's monster called the arbor marina.[k] Finnur Jónsson (1920) also favored identifying the kraken as an inkfish (squid/octopus) on etymological grounds. [...] Angola octopus, pictured in St. Malo [edit]It is in his chapter on the "colossal octopus" that Montfort provides the contemporary eyewitness example of a group of sailors who encounter the giant off the coast of Angola, who afterwards deposited a pictorial commemoration of the event as a votive offering at St. Thomas's chapel in Saint-Malo, France.[142] Based on that picture, Montfort drew a "colossal octopus" attacking a ship, and included the engraving in his book.[6][7] However, an English author recapitulating Montfort's account of it attaches an illustration of it, which was captioned: "The Kraken supposed a sepia or cuttlefish", while attributing Montfort.[143] [...] And after Denys-Monfort's illustration, various publishers produced similar illustrations depicting the kraken attacking a ship.[3][171]
Claim: Adani’s takeover of trainman would result in strong competition for IRCTC (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-06-18): IRCTC clarified that Trainman is one of the 32 authorized B2C (Business to Customer) partners of IRCTC, to which it provides its API services, contributing 0.13% of total reserved ticketing. Changing the stake won’t make any difference to this. All integration and operations will continue to be done through IRCTC. ICICIDirect, one of India’s largest retail brokers, has analyzed the business model of IRCTC and has opined that the real competition for the IRCTC is offline railway ticketing. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.