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A video of hundreds of Muslims offering namaz on the road is getting viral on social media. This video is told from Paris, the capital of France. The video was posted by Sudarshan News journalist Sagar Kumar on his official Twitter account. He said that this is going to be the condition of India in the coming days. Sagar Kumar wrote- “It’s Friday in Paris Look and cry. This is the picture of India tomorrow if you don’t wake up. “

At the same time, a user named Ajay Sarkar gave it a communal color and made objectionable comments on Muslim women, and wrote – “This is the scene of Friday in Paris, the capital of France. If the population control law is not implemented in India, then the situation will be the same in India in the coming time. There is a saying in the village that on Kushwaha’s farm, Mianin’s stomach is never empty. “

Many other users shared  this video  related to Paris

Fact check:

To verify Sagar Kumar’s claim, the DFRAC team first converted the video into several keyframes with the help of inVID tools. Then reverse the search image of each keyframe.

Meanwhile, the team found one such video on the Turkish website(378) Тысячи мусульман встречают Ураза-байрам в центре Москвы – YouTube

” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> yenisafak. It was reported that thousands of Muslims who could not go to mosques in Moscow, the capital of Russia, offered Eid prayers on the streets. During this time, the police took security measures on the streets, as well as allowed Muslims to offer prayers on the streets.

On further analyses, the team found that the video was from the Cathedral Mosque in Moscow. Which is one of the largest and tallest mosques in the Russian Federation and Europe.

Sudarshan News and its journalists have circulated fake news and misleading information in the past, which has been fact-checked by the DFRAC team. Which can be read by clicking on the link given below-

  1. Removed the crown of Mother India and wore hijab? Sudarshan News makes a misleading claim, read – Fact Check
  • Fact Check: Sudarshan News runs misleading news on throwing a piece of meat on Kanwariyas
  • Fact-check: Sudarshan News once again tried to spread communalism through viral video
  • Data report of inflammatory broadcasts and abusive language of Sudarshan News!

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Conclusion

From the fact check of DFRAC, it is clear that the claim with the viral video is misleading.

Because this video is not from Paris but from Moscow. Also, this video is not of Friday prayers but of Eid.