The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database

Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.

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2020/04/30 | India

FALSE: A Legislative Assembly member Hafiz Khan made a nurse touch the feet of a Muslim and apologise to him. She was made to do so because she had made a comment that if the Markaz attendees had quarantined themselves, the situation that was not would not have arose.

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2020/04/30 | India

FALSE: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan threatened a cop to keep a mosque open during lockdown.

Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo

2020/04/29 | India

FALSE: Video showing a Muslim man throwing notes to spread coronavirus

Fact-Checked by: AFP

2020/04/29 | Australia

misleading: An image has been shared on Facebook in April 2020 alongside a claim that it shows Muslims praying on a street in the Australian city of Sydney. The image was shared as the city’s residents continued to face stay-at-home orders during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Comments from some Facebook users on the misleading post indicated they believed the photo was taken during the lockdown restrictions,

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2020/04/29 | India

FALSE: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Waris Pathan threatened a cop to keep a mosque open during lockdown

Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo

2020/04/29 | India

FALSE: Muslim boy in Madhya Pradesh, India attacked by BJP workers for violating lockdown.

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2020/04/29 | India

FALSE: A mosque in India that was distributing relief material to Muslims during the lockdown denied help to some needy Hindus who reached there, saying that there was no facility for Hindus.

Fact-Checked by: Vishvas News

2020/04/29 | India

FALSE: Muslim men are being beaten during the lockdown in India.

Fact-Checked by: AFP

2020/04/29 | India

misleading: A video of a group of men leaving a mosque has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter published in April 2020 alongside a claim it shows Muslims who gathered to pray in the Indian state of Gujarat in defiance of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

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2020/04/28 | India

FALSE: A video showing a Muslim woman misbehaving with doctors in India.

Fact-Checked by: AFP

2020/04/28 | India

FALSE: A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows a Muslim politician in India urging a police officer to open a mosque in order to allow people to pray during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

Fact-Checked by: Factly

2020/04/27 | India

FALSE: Photo of a Hindu woman attacked by RSS members for offering Sehri to a Muslim Kashmiri girl during the Indian lockdown.

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2020/04/27 | Spain

FALSE: Muslims are protesting on the streets during quarantine.

Fact-Checked by: Factly

2020/04/27 | India

FALSE: Photo of a Hindu woman attacked by RSS members for offering Sehri to a Muslim Kashmiri girl during the Indian lockdown.

Fact-Checked by: AFP

2020/04/25 | Canada

FALSE: Facebook posts accuse the Muslim community in Canada’s Calgary of breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules during Ramadan, using a photo of a crowded Islamic center as proof.

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