{"id":16151,"date":"2025-10-14T04:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=16151"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:59:49","slug":"aragalaya-activist-ismath-moulavi-shared-as-the-newly-appointed-deputy-minister-muneer-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/aragalaya-activist-ismath-moulavi-shared-as-the-newly-appointed-deputy-minister-muneer-en\/","title":{"rendered":"No, the person in the video is not Deputy Minister M.M. Mohamed Muneer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"style=\"background-color:#b6babf91\"><a href=\" https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va5pj8o4IBh5WxNhlE0I \"> Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Muslim, M.M. Mohamed Munir, was appointed as the new Deputy Minister, and with that, several social media posts are being spread to incite racism. This is a fact-check investigation we conducted regarding a specific video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social Media Posts :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video circulated, stating, <strong>\u201cCongratulations to the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Buddhist and Cultural Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Munir!\u201d <\/strong>implying that the person in the video was indeed the Deputy Minister, Mohamed Munir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameBorder='0' width='640' height='360' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/embed?id=45207218&#038;shareKey=1a349603e1f11fe158e1208101c42e58\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/reel\/813662861159250\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several videos were shared among users on the same theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-31-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-32.png 512w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-32-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-33.png 442w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-33-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-34.png 429w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-34-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-35.png 391w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-35-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another video was circulated stating that the National People\u2019s Power government is trying to hurt the hearts of the Sinhalese and Buddhists by giving a ministry related to religious affairs to a person who was active in the \u2018Aragalaya\u2019 three years ago, to oust President Gotabhaya, and who spoke out about President Gotabhaya as \u201cGota is a fool, Gota\u2019s family are fools\u201d (\u2018\u0d9c\u0ddd\u0da8\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0db6\u0dca\u0db6\u0dba\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0ddd\u0da8\u0d9c\u0dda \u0dc6\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dd2 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0db6\u0dca\u0db6\u0dba\u0dcf\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameBorder='0' width='640' height='360' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/embed?id=45225284&#038;shareKey=0b927d0fb016f12c50b73e78ec0e243c\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, we did a fact-check regarding this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fact Check :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamed Mulaffar Mohamed Munir was recently appointed as the Deputy Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs in the first cabinet reshuffle of the current government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We investigated the identity of the person appearing on the above social media post, who the social media post claims as the Deputy Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We found that the video circulating on social media, under the description \u201cGo Home in Ismath Moulavi Style\u201d was posted in April 2022, during the \u2018Aragalaya\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-25.png 337w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-25-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the video clip was taken during the struggle to force the former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down from the Presidency, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C54ZwI4YljI\">here<\/a> is a video containing photographs of Ismat Moulavi taken from other angles that were published at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Ismat Moulavi was actively involved in the struggle during this time, as evident in the following references: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/apKr75WNJcM?t=61\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ji3FP4AOp9c?t=28\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N2vPkHY8gwc?t=493\">here<\/a>. Another video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0XRlpTF1NZ4?t=135\">here<\/a>. You can refer to more instances <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QtgUPSHPpCw\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xo90UDz8YrA\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jbWw4vT-e4A\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W2hlMm_uO0s?t=55\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posts and videos related to Ismat Moulavi were also shared on Facebook such as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/muheed.jeerans\/posts\/pfbid092mo7FpDtJodX77hi9PE1jbjdu5ZG2s8uf4xHo9p4ohGP9gboFAuw1xNxqyzRWsAl?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUMb3zBtgBfLxVG9DmzHDoaSZI0j9cERut2rRspDXBNsSe6lUMG-9ViZqjmKJA2TcZZaU-WZP2tpXFZUg8CLl7pkY8zqXcSEJn7uaWPwz8VM8QYDeuhAB178IYFMnao4NoQYPHPhS24JIPqkYvKBIHZogrNMqm6RpW_FQVriYtVmw&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">this<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1210652836885149\">this<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/ismath.moulavi.2025\/videos\/927055954923296\/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXQKr-9ivGh9oRGQ3yTn8WuBW7H_W7sS0-FXgr3MtN8oyqcEM5dxhc-HZg2y3fbilRojMWh4sh3drPKzTikiK35QCTyqcKxRkuSLD_vTeD0Rzh6NWoOwzewXN8KlGHJeR6pHyTZs6-THwuw90M01vSPwfK1YM_17j49XJq3GMwbXQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, by observing photogrpahs it is clear that this person is not Deputy Minister Mohamed Mulaffar Mohamed Munir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-5.jpg 512w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-6.jpg 512w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566849849114&amp;sk=photos_by\">FB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a close-up comparison of &#8216;Ismat Maulavi&#8217; and the Deputy Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deputy Minister&#8217;s Media Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also inquired with the Deputy Minister&#8217;s Media Coordinator regarding this, and he stated that the person in the above social media video is not Deputy Minister M.M. Mohamed Munir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Active members during the \u2018Aragalaya\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also inquired from several people who were active during the Aragalaya about the identity of the person in the above video, and they confirmed that the person in the above video is a person named &#8216;Ismat Moulavi&#8217;, and that he was a popular figure at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also said that Danish Ali and Ismat Moulavi were arrested by the police at one point during the Aragalaya and were granted bail through the intervention of lawyers. The lawyers&#8217; comments on the matter are <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/SLmediaceylon\/videos\/1807276606270549\/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUv9NeVM0dCXlsD8eS2_U4ORkl0LtkFh-OXuB9AAGZZ_bAGROz3VWQR0DVr73MxJMvh_NnsHUPqbzMEOkkZ_Sbe1wZP-Rx8d28yt-zzZFJdV1l_AGg__iPiM_ENoclizFmgwDvpCzl6t2uRAhJ-Id56Ja_xa259lstiJxoK-xLIuQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We attempted to contact Ismat Moulavi by phone, but were unsuccessful. We would like to update this news article with his response as soon as we can contact him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, as indicated in the above social media posts, Mr Mohamed Munir was <strong>not appointed as the Deputy Minister of Buddhist and Cultural Affairs<\/strong>. However, he was was appointed only as the Deputy Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Deputy Minister for Buddhist Affairs is Deputy Minister Gamagedara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join us to learn more about our investigative fact findings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/factcrescendosl\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/factcrescendosl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/factcrescendo_sl\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMODMpgswyNe-Aw\"><strong>Google News<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@factcrescendosl\"><strong>TikTok<\/strong><\/a> <strong>| <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@factcrescendosl\/featured\"><strong>Youtube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our investigation shows that the video circulating on social media purporting that the newly appointed Deputy Minister M.M. Mohamed Munir was active during the \u2018Aragalaya\u2019 is not the Deputy Minister but a person named \u2018Ismat Moulavi\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<html>\n\t\t\t\t\t<head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t\t\t.container {\n\t\t\t\t\t  border: 2px solid #000;\n\t\t\t\t\t  background-color: #eee;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 5px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  padding: 16px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin: 16px 0\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container::after {\n\t\t\t\t\t  content: \"\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  clear: both;\n\t\t\t\t\t  display: table;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t  float: left;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  border-radius: 50%;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t.container span {\n\t\t\t\t\t  font-size: 20px;\n\t\t\t\t\t  margin-right: 15px;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t@media (max-width: 500px) {\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  text-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t  .container img {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  margin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  float: none;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  display: block;\n\t\t\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/head>\n\t\t\t\t\t<body>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/False.png\" alt=\"Avatar\" style=\"width:120px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p><span>Title:<\/span>No, the person in the video is not Deputy Minister M.M. Mohamed Muneer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <strong>Fact Check By:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@factcrescendo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fact Crescendo Team<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p><strong>Result:<\/strong> False <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/body>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/html>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=94771514696&#038;text=Please%20type%20your%20Name%20and%20Language:%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2481\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Whats-app-sri-lanka.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A Muslim, M.M. Mohamed Munir, was appointed as the new Deputy Minister, and with that, several social media posts are being spread to incite racism. This is a fact-check investigation we conducted regarding a specific video. 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