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  • 2021-10-22 (xsd:date)
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  • This video shows a Pakistani cleric's funeral in Lahore in 2020 (en)
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  • A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows a large village council meeting of farmers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in September 2021. The claim is false: the clip shows the funeral of a Muslim cleric in Pakistan in 2020. The video was shared in a Facebook post here on September 6, 2021. The post's Hindi-language caption translates to English as: Village council meeting of farmers in Muzaffarnagar. Muzaffarnagar is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh which hosted a huge meeting of Indian farmers on September 5, 2021. Screenshot of the misleading post taken on October 18, 2021 The video has been viewed more than 20,000 times alongside a similar claim on Facebook here and here . The claim, however, is false. A reverse image search found a longer video published here on the official YouTube channel of Pakistan News 24 HD on November 21, 2020. More Than 2 Lac World Attendees At Khadim Rizvi Funeral, reads the video's title. Khadim Rizvi was a Pakistani cleric who died in November 2020. There was a huge turnout for his funeral in Lahore, local media reported. The event was covered by Pakistani newspapers Dawn and Express Tribune . Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading post (L) and the News 24 YouTube video (R): Below is a screenshot of the tower in Lahore visible in the video in the misleading post (L) and the YouTube video (R): The tower is known as Minar-e-Pakistan, a national monument in Lahore. (en)
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