Claim: A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows Chinese people converting to Islam because the novel coronavirus epidemic does not affect Muslims. The claim is false: the video shows people converting to Islam in Saudi Arabia in May 2019, more than half year away before the novel coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan, China in late 2019.
Fact-check: The video shows an Islamic conversion in Saudi Arabia in May 2019 – months before the novel coronavirus outbreak
Verdict: the video shows an islamic conversion in saudi arabia in may 2019 – months before the novel coronavirus outbreak
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09