Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of Religion
Culture & Society
The video, which claims to depict massive crowds that have ‘shut down London’ with a march demanding halal food standards, has hundreds of comments from people who mistakenly believe it to be real. Read
Politics
A clip of an Indian Gujarati community event in Blackburn has been shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it depicts a council meeting. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A picture of a sign outside a venue in Singapore is being shared with misleading claims that pets are being banned from UK Starbucks stores in order to become halal certified. Read
Culture & Society
Videos circulating on social media showing large groups of Muslims apparently praying in the middle of the road in London are not real and were made using artificial intelligence. Read
Culture & Society
A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine. Read
Shopping
Claims that Cadbury is selling a chocolate box saying ‘Eid Mubarak’ are misleading. Although such a product is sold on eBay by an independent seller, it is not produced by Cadbury. Read
World
The footage, which shows a large group of women in niqabs, has been incorrectly claimed to show the UK. Read
World
A quote attributed to the new Pope is circulating widely online, but we could find no evidence he actually said this. Read
World
The picture is actually a composite, in which an image of the new Pope has been added to a photograph from 2020. Read
United States
A video which appears to show a large statue of Jesus Christ under construction in Washington is fake and likely an AI-creation. Read
