Scripted Video from Egypt shared as Burqa-clad foreigners sedating and kidnapping SL Youth!

A video of a burqa-clad person sedating and kidnapping a boy with the help of accomplices is being shared widely on social media platforms. Social Media Posts The video is being peddled alongside the narrative that a group of around 400 foreigners had come to Sri Lanka to sedate and kidnap Sri Lankan youngsters. It […]

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FACT CHECK: Old video from Syria shared as woman shot to death by the Taliban recently at Afghanistan

As India celebrated its 75th Independence Day on Sunday, Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital Kabul forcing the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani to flee.  In the aftermath of the fall of Kabul, social media witnessed a flurry of disturbing that went viral in no time. Some of those videos, however, have been debunked as old […]

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Burqa and Niqab Banned at Polling Centers?

Some Facebook Posts and even mainstream news websites claim that Burqa and Niqab (veils) are banned at the polling centers during the upcoming presidential election on 16th of November as informed by the Election Commission. Below is one such claim in which Traditional Muslims – Sri Lanka Facebook Page stated the following in the caption […]

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