A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows Muslim women singing Ram bhajan at a Masjid in Dubai. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Muslim women singing Ram bhajan at a Masjid in Dubai.
Fact: The video was not taken at a Masjid in Dubai. It is related to an event at Prashanthi Nilayam, which is located at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. The event was held in front of the ‘maha-samadhi’ of ‘Sri Sathya Sai Baba’. Some of the devotees in the video belong to Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Yandex Reverse Image Search, many similar visuals were found in the search results. Most of the results were related to ‘Sathya Sai Baba Bhajans’. Those results can be seen here, here, and here.
So, when we searched with the relevant keywords, an extended version of the posted video was found on the ‘Sri Sathya Sai Official’ YouTube channel with the title – ‘” SARVA DHARMA SWAROOPA SAI ” – ARABIAN CHOIR – 10 JULY 2012’. In the description of the video, it is written – ‘A “Prashanthi” pilgrimage by the Region 94 of the Sai Organisation comprising the countries from Middle East and Gulf has enveloped Prasanthi Nilayam with Islamic Fervor. Devotees from Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and United Arab Emirates, provided an Arabic flavour in Prasanthi Nilayam’.
Prashanthi Nilayam is located at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. The bhajan in the video took place at Sai Kulwant Hall (in front of the ‘maha-samadhi’ of ‘Sri Sathya Sai Baba’) in Prashant Nilayam. The pictures related to Sai Kulwant Hall can be seen here, here, and here.
Also, when the video went viral in 2018 with a similar claim, the Sathya Sai Baba International Organisation has clarified to ‘The Quint’ that – ‘while not all the participants seen in the video are Muslims or Arabs, some of them most definitely are.’
To sum it up, the posted video does not show Muslim women singing Ram bhajan at a Masjid in Dubai. It is related to an event at Prashanthi Nilayam, which is located at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh.
