Does This Video Show Muslims Raising Anti-Hindu Slogans in Ujjain? A Fact-Check

The video dates back to April 2024 and is not recent as claimed.

Fact-Check | The video is old and is being shared with a misleading claim. 

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of a huge crowd gathered on the streets is being shared on the internet with a claim that it shows Muslims recently raising anti-Hindu slogans in Ujjain on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

What have users said?: Those sharing the video have said, "This is very shocking news..Unhel, Ujjain: Muslims openly pray for the destruction of Hindus on Eid. On the day of EID, they are praying - "Hindus will be destroyed, Inshallah, Inshallah (sic)."

An archive of the post can be found here.

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At the time of writing this report, the post had recorded over 12 thousand views. You can view archives of similar such posts here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: While the video is from Ujjain, it could be traced back to at least April 2024 and is not recent as claimed.

• As per several reports, people had raised "Israel, you will be destroyed, Inshallah Inshallah" slogans.

How did we find that out?: On performing a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the video, we found a report published by Dainik Bhaskar that carried the same visuals.

• The report mentioned that a 35-seconds-long video from Ujjain had gone viral, where people could be seen raising "Israel, you will be destroyed" slogans.

• It said SP Pradeep Sharma had ordered an inquiry into the matter and had said that two videos of the incident were found.

• The report added that people present in Unhel first raised "Hindustan Zindabad" slogans. Following this, they also raised "Israel you will be destroyed Inshallah Inshallah" slogans.

• It further said that a Hindu outfit had demanded an FIR against the accused for raising anti-Hindu and anti-national slogans.

The report was published on 11 April 2024.

(Source: Dainik Bhaskar/Screenshot)

Other sources: Team WebQoof found the same visual uploaded on the YouTube channel of Punjab Kesari MP.

• The video was shared on 12 April with a title that loosely translated to, "Slogans of 'Israel, you will be destroyed' were raised..Video of sloganeering against Israel in Ujjain goes viral."

Conclusion: It is clear that an old video from Ujjain is being shared with a misleading claim.

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