A video (here, here and here) depicting a Hindu man being forcibly removed from a Mosque during an Iftar get-together has been circulating on social media. We fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: A Hindu man was thrashed and thrown out of a mosque during Iftar.
Fact: This viral video clip is taken from a longer scripted video produced by a YouTube channel named Prank Buzz. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To verify the authenticity of the viral claim, we searched on the internet using relevant keywords. Our search led us to the extended version of the viral video on Facebook. This version of the video carries a watermark that reads “Prank Buzz.”
Taking this as a hint, we further refined our search and found the original version(archive link) of the video uploaded to the YouTube channel ‘Prank Buzz.’ The title of this video is “When a Hindu Sannyasi goes to a Muslim’s Masjid for Iftar? 😱 Hindu vs Muslim Social Experiment 😥.”
At the beginning of this video, the actors provide a disclaimer stating that it’s a social experiment. At the end of the video, they inform the people at the mosque that they are filming an experiment. This information makes it clear that the video is not a true incident but a scripted social experiment.
To sum up, the viral video depicting a Hindu man thrown out of a Mosque during an Iftar party is not a real incident but a scripted social experiment by the YouTube channel ‘Prank Buzz.’
