There was a lot of ruckus after Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The controversy was widely discussed in the media and on social media. At the same time, many fake and misleading claims were also made during this period. In this dispute, there were numerous social media users from many countries of the world, who were working under an agenda. Especially users from Pakistan and Bangladesh spread fake and misleading information.
There is a Twitter user from Bangladesh, Tabassum Akhtar(@tabachsumA) who has 96,000 followers. This Twitter account was created in January 2019. This account is quite active on social media with more than 25,000 tweets so far.
Tabassum Akhtar tweeted a graphical photo of British cricketer Moeen Ali in the Bengali language which translates into English as – “If India does not apologize for insulting Prophet (PBUH) then British player Moeen Ali will never play in India #Stopinsulting_ProphetMuhammad.
At the same time, in the graphical photo, a text is written in the Bengali language, which is translated into English with the help of Google Translate – “Moeen Ali … If India does not apologize for its blasphemous speech, I will never play a match in India again. I will boycott IPL. And I will appeal to my fellow Muslim brothers to do the same, I love Muhammad(PBUH)”
Fact Check:
The DFRAC team has already done facts in this context which can be read by clicking on the link given below.
The above FactCheck mentions that British cricketer Moeen Ali has not made any such statement. The handle from which the tweet was made was not Moeen Ali’s but it was a fake account.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the claim made by Tabassum Akhtar is false. He has made a fake claim with reference to the statement of British cricketer Moeen Ali.
Claim- Moeen Ali announced a boycott of India’s IPL amid Prophet’s controversy
Claimant- Tabassum Akhtar
Fact Check – Fake
