Religion

Old video with a false claim that Muslim women singing bhajan in a Mosque resurfaces

Written by Sahban

A Facebook page Belaku shared a video with the caption that reads:  “#ಭಾರತದ ಬೆಳಕು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ #ದುಬೈನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ ಬಾಂಧವರಿಂದ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮನ ಭಜನೆ .(Sri Ram Bhajan in Dubai)”

(Translation: #India’s light is everywhere # Sri Rama’s bhajan by Muslim women in Dubai. (Sri Ram Bhajan in Dubai)

Source: Screenshot/Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Facebook user Bajaj Suresh Kumar shared his 2018 post which has a caption that reads ” In Dubai, Muslim ladies singing RAM BHAJAN inside a Masjid. See the video. Forward this to the 125 crores people in India to understand the religious Harmony.”

Source: Screenshot/Facebook

The video is viral since 2017-18.

Source: Screenshot/Facebook

A Twittter user Awadh Shukla twitted the video with a caption that reads “दुबई में मुस्लिम ओरतो ने नई पहल करते हुए मस्ज़िद में राम भजन प्रस्तुत किया और उनके शेख पतियों ने ताली बजाकर लय बद्ध उनका साथ दिया, हिन्दुस्तान में होता तो इस्लाम खतरे में आ जाता। शेयर किजिये और 125 करोड लोगो तक पहुचाये…” Archive version of this tweet can be found here.

Source: Screenshot/Twitter

Archive version of similar tweets can be found here, here, here, here.

FactO Check:

We did a reverse image search of some keyframes of the video and found that the video is clipped from the YouTube video of Sri Sathya Sai Official dated Jul 17, 2012, with a description, “A “Prashanthi” pilgrimage by the Region 94 of the Sai Organisation comprising the countries from the Middle East and Gulf has enveloped Prasanthi Nilayam with Islamic Fervor. Devotees from Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates, provided an Arabic flavor in Prasanthi Nilayam.”

Prasanthi Nilayam is the main ashram of Sathya Sai Baba located in the village of Puttaparthi in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

The Viral video is taken from the below video starting from 42:29.

 

Clarifying over an E-mail interaction with The Quint, the Sathya Sai Baba International Organisation said that while not all the participants seen in the video are Muslims or Arabs, some of them most definitely are.

Conclusion: The video is not from Dubai as claimed in the video and the women are not sitting in the mosque.

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Sahban

Specialized in media monitoring, analysis, and research associate at FactO. Email: sahbanzar@factonews.co

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