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By Nidhi Jacob A widely circulated social media post has claimed that the Institute of World Demographic Research Institute has predicted that Muslims will make up 84% of India's total population by 2041. This claim is false. BOOM found that there is no institute by that name. Besides, available data indicates a declining trend in growth and fertility rates among all religious groups in recent decades. The post provides demographic statistics about the Hindu and Muslim populations in India from 1948 to projected figures in 2041. It cites the "World Demographic Research Institute" and includes ...
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By Nidhi Jacob In June, post-poll false claims emerged as the most prevalent theme of mis/disinformation, accounting for 35% of all 101 fact-checks published in English, Hindi, and Bangla. 47.5% of all fact-checked claims were related to Indian politics, followed by communal claims and misinformation concerning international politics. The Muslim community remained the primary target of mis/disinformation for the second consecutive month, accounting for 16% of the false claims. We published 6 AI-generated fact-checks, comprising 2 images and 4 voice clones. Nearly half or 47.5% of the total fac...
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By Nidhi Jacob Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a recent speech at Serampore, West Bengal, claimed that the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to grant holidays for Durga Puja but allocates holidays for Muslims during Ramzan. Shah’s claim is false. BOOM found that the West Bengal government grants holidays not only for Durga Puja but for other religious occasions as well. At the 18:14 timestamp, Shah states, “[Mamata Banerjee] opposes the Ram Mandir. She does not give permission for Durga Visarjan but gives holidays for Muslim workers on Ramzan. We do not have a problem with that,...
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By Nidhi Jacob Social media platforms are rife with misleading claims suggesting that the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee's working paper states a 7.8% decline in the Hindu population and a 43% rise in the Muslim population between 1950 and 2015. Additionally, multiple posts on X have amplified this claim with communal undertones. BOOM found that the figures in the claims have been cherry-picked to exaggerate the growth of the Muslim population while overlooking the declining trend in growth and fertility rates among all religious groups in recent decades. (Archive link) (Archive ...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A notice claiming to show Dubai-based Association of Sunni Muslims offering financial support to Muslims travelling to Karnataka to oust the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is viral online. Fact: BOOM found that the claims are false, we found no evidence regarding the existence of an organisation called the Association of Sunni Muslims in Dubai and the address and contact numbers mentioned in the notice were fake too. Tools used: We first ran a search for the Association of Sunni Muslims (Dubai) on Google and Facebook and d...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath is viral online claiming that he promised a mosque and the reinstatement of Article 370 to Muslims in a meeting. Fact: BOOM found that the video is a deepfake. The audio in the clip, claiming to be that of Kamal Nath, is an audio voice clone and not his own voice. Tools used: We found that the original video was uploaded on YouTube on November 14, 2018 when Kamal Nath met with Muslim voters. BOOM ran the video through Itisaar, a deepfake analysis tool created by the Indian Institute...
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By Nidhi Jacob In February, BOOM published 106 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. The bulk of the claims, totaling 24 fact-checks, were directed at Indian farmers, followed by 16 fact-checks targeting on the Muslim community. Rahul Gandhi was the next most targeted individual, with 9 fact-checks, among others. 30 of 106 fact-checks centered around the farmers' protests, followed by misinformation around the upcoming Lok Sabha elections this year, with 7 fact-checks, and the unrest in the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal (6). BOOM has also observed a rising trend in the spread of mis/d...
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By Asad Ashraf Three years ago, 38-year-old Zee (name changed) experienced profound distress as hateful messages inundated her Gurugram housing society's WhatsApp groups. Fueled by a section of mainstream media's focus on Tablighi Jamaat members as Covid spreaders in 2020, these messages triggered nightmares of her home being attacked. The relentless onslaught of discriminatory messages took a toll on Zee's mental health, leading to a diagnosis of clinical depression. Faced with overwhelming fear and anxiety, she made the difficult decision to relocate from Sector 56 Gurugram to a densely popu...
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By Nidhi Jacob Social media has been flooded with false information regarding demographic shifts within the Muslim community of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, after the city was engulfed in communal tensions following the demolition of a madrasa and a mosque. These posts falsely claimed that the Muslim population of Haldwani grew from 1,000 to 1 lakh in the last two decades, and that its share among the population of the city grew from 1% to 20% in the past 23 years. BOOM accessed census data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs which stated that the Muslim population dropped from 80,000 in 2001 t...
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Washington (AFP) - Arab-American anger over Joe Biden's Israel policy could cost him dearly in November's US presidential vote, as a community with electoral influence in key swing states turns against him. Over the weekend, the Democratic incumbent's campaign manager traveled to Dearborn, Michigan -- home to the largest concentration of Arab-Americans in the United States -- and was snubbed by a group of a dozen or so officials, including the Detroit suburb's mayor. Biden has asked Congress for billions of dollars in additional military aid to Israel and his government has vetoed multiple UN ...
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