The continuous spread of false news and propaganda in India is becoming a serious social challenge for the country. Social media platforms have now become a medium to spread hatred and violence. There has been a significant increase in inflammatory content on platforms like X and Facebook. In such a situation, many fact-checking platforms like us are trying to counter fake news. A website Alt News claims to be fact-checking but the amazing thing is that the co-founder of this site, Mohammed Zubair himself, has been spreading fake news extensively. If you are even a little active on social media, then at some point in time, you must have come across his tweets in support of anti-Hindus or Jihadis. ‘Only Fact’ has caught Mohammed Zubair red-handed many times, spreading fake news in the name of a fact checker. It is also surprising that after sharing fake news, Zubair never bothered to fact-check it.
| Serial No | Claim | Fact |
| 1. CM Dhami holding a road show after 40 laborers came out of the tunnel is false | CM Pushkar Dhami did a roadshow after 40 laborers were rescued from the tunnel in Uttarakhand. | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami did not organize a road show to celebrate the safe exit of 41 workers from the tunnel. CM Dhami had come to participate in the Eja Baini Mahotsav organized in Haldwani. This program of CM Dhami was already scheduled. |
| 2. Kashmiri youths were not beaten in UP | The administration in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, beat up Kashmiri youth and threw away their belongings. | The Kashmiri Muslim youth were neither harassed because they were Muslims nor were they stopped from selling goods. They were simply prohibited from selling goods in no-vending zones. |
| 3. The letter saying Acharya Pramod is suspended from Congress turned out to be fake | Acharya Pramod has been suspended from the Congress party with immediate effect. | The letter suspending Acharya Pramod from the Congress Party with immediate effect is fake and edited. |
| 4. A video was shared claiming that stone pelters in Manipur were students | Security forces in Manipur used pellet guns and batons on unarmed students. | Those arrested by Manipur Police were stone pelters and not students. |
| 5. Slogans of Pakistan Zindabad raised in PFI rally | The slogans raised in PFI rally were not ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ but ‘SDPI Zindabad.’ | According to the forensic investigation conducted by the police, people had raised slogans of Pakistan Zindabad. |
| 6. PM Modi was received by low ranked minister in South Africa is a fabricated story | South African Govt had sent a low ranked minister to welcome PM Modi at their airport, while the Chinese President Xi was personally received by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. | This claim turned out to be a fabricated story. |
| 7. Athlete Anju is not a member of BJP | Anju Bobby George is a member of the BJP. | Anju George is not a BJP member. In 2019, the news of Anju joining BJP was revealed but at that time Anju had rejected this news. |
| 8. Hijab is not allowed in Karnataka college rule book | Zubair shared a video supporting hijab and claimed that it is written in the rule book of the college that wearing hijab is allowed in the college. | The girl students are allowed to wear a scarf of the same color as the dupatta inside the school premises. There is no mention in the college rule book of allowing the wearing of ‘hijab’ inside the college. |
| 9. Smriti Irani did not preach about vaccines when questioned about inflation | Smriti Irani shared her insights on the 200 crore free vaccines when confronted about inflation. | In the entire video, while answering the questions, Smriti Irani mentioned the Ujjwala scheme and told how people benefited from this scheme. |
| 10. BJP MLA Pritam Gowda did not threaten Muslims to vote | BJP MLA Pritam Gowda warns Muslims of not taking up any development work if they do not vote for him in the coming elections. | BJP MLA Pritam Gowda stated that he has always regarded Muslim brothers as family and will continue to do so. He added that he was cheated in the elections and, if it happens again, he won’t be able to offer personal help but will focus on drainage, water, and roads as part of his duty. |
| 11. Kashmiri women criticizing BJP turned out to be Congress worker | Kashmiri women criticizing the BJP claimed that the party has done nothing for them. | The woman in the video is a Congress worker. Mohammed Zubair did not reveal her Congress affiliation publicly. |
| 12. No communal angle in the incident of Muslim youth getting beaten in Madhya Pradesh | Golu Gurjar and his friends thrashed Mohsin with slippers and forcing him to lick his feet while abusing him. | There was no communal angle in this incident; the dispute between the victim and the accused led to Golu Gurjar and his friend Mohsin being beaten. |
| 13. Pappu Qureshi is a Congress worker | Pappu Qureshi is a BJP worker. | Pappu Qureshi left BJP in 2019 and, in a Facebook live video on July 29, 2023, declared himself a strong supporter of the Congress party. |
| 14. India is not the fourth largest donor to the UN Democracy Fund | India is one of the top four countries donating to the UN Democracy Fund. It runs various NGOs and organizations most of which are linked to George Soros. | Zubair selectively cited Indian Express reports to show India as the largest contributor to the UN Democracy Fund despite anti-Soros views. However, these figures are from 2002 to 2012, and India’s contributions have significantly decreased since the BJP came to power. |
| 15. Hospital in Gaza was not attacked by Israel, but by Islamic Jihad | Israel attacked Gaza’s Ahli Arab City Hospital on October 17. | The hospital in Gaza was not attacked by Israel, but by Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization associated with Hamas. |
| 16. BJP had no role in appointing Brij Bhushan’s close aid as WFI president | BJP appointed Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s close Aid as the new president of WFI. | The President of WFI is elected through voting and not appointed by any political party. |
| 17. Wedding of Dalit youth was stopped due to dispute over | The village head stopped the wedding procession of a Dalit youth came to light in Bulandshahr, UP. | There was a dispute between both the parties regarding the removal of the vehicle. |
| 18. National symbol not replaced with the photo of Lord Dhanvantari in NMC logo | The national symbol in the MNC logo was replaced with Lord Dhanvantari. | No significant changes have been made in the NMC logo. Dhanvantari’s picture was already in the logo. But that picture was black and white, now it has been colored. The name Bharat has been added in place of India. |
| 19. Claim about PM Modi promising 2 cr jobs every year is misleading | PM Modi promised to give 2 crore jobs every year. | In the 2013 Agra rally, Narendra Modi, then Gujarat CM and BJP’s PM candidate, questioned Congress’s 2004 promise to provide “one crore jobs every year,” criticizing their failure to deliver on it. |
| 20. Claim about PM Modi promising to deposit Rs 15 lakh into everyone’s bank account is misleading | PM Modi promised to deposit Rs 15 lakh into everyone’s bank account. | PM Modi never promised to deposit ₹15 lakh in every account. The ₹15 lakh figure referenced black money stashed abroad, not an election promise. The BJP’s 2014 manifesto also makes no mention of such a promise. |
| 21. Claim about Hindu students beating a Muslim student in a Muzaffarnagar is misleading | The Hindu teacher made Hindu students beat a Muslim student in Muzaffarnagar. | The claim that Hindu children beat a Muslim child is false. While the teacher’s punishment was improper, it wasn’t religious discrimination, as Muslim students were also involved in slapping the child. |
| 22. BJP didn’t make alliance with SDPI in the Karnataka | The BJP formed an alliance with SDPI during the Karnataka Gram Panchayat elections. | BJP did not ally with SDPI, but two BJP members cross-voted. The Karnataka State Election Commission also prohibited the use of party symbols in panchayat elections. |
| 23. Muslim community people chopped beard of an elderly man, not Hindu | Sufi Abdul Samad Saifi, an elderly man, was attacked by five goons in Loni, Ghaziabad. He was threatened at gunpoint, beaten, assaulted, and had his beard forcibly chopped off. | The video claiming communal attack on an elderly Muslim man is old, which is from June 2021. There is no communal angle in this. People from his own community were involved in beating up Abdul Samad and cutting his beard. |
| 24. Jay Shah didn’t insult Indian flag | Jay Shah disrespected the Indian flag during the 2022 India-Pakistan match. | As per ICC rules, members cannot support any particular country. Jay Shah refused to hold the tricolor to uphold the dignity of his position. |
| 25. Hindu man was cremated by his family, not Muslim man | In Muzaffarnagar during COVID-19, a Hindu man died, and his family didn’t come forward for the cremation, so a Muslim man performed the cremation. | After the young man’s death, his family attended the funeral, and his brother performed the cremation. |
| 26. A video of violence is not from Nuh | The video depicting Hindus with guns is from Nuh. | Zubair shared a video that omitted the Muslim community’s attack on police and Hindus during a Hindu procession, only showing unidentified individuals being escorted by a gunner in self-defense. |
| 27. Temple was attacked during Nuh violence | The stone pelting didn’t happen inside the temple. | The Nalhar Shiv temple of Nuh was attacked by radicalists. These radicalists also pelted stones and fired bullets. |
| 28. Video showing arson in Solapur is old | During the COVID-19 pandemic on April 5, PM Modi urged people to turn off their lights and light lamps or candles. In response, Zubair mocked Modi by sharing news of a fire in Solapur caused by a lamp. | The incident took place on 3 February 2020. According to this report, the fire broke out in dry bushes near the airport of Solapur. |
| 29. Mohan Bhagwat picture with Mahant Nitya Gopaldas is edited | Ram Mandir Trust Chief Mahant Nitya Gopaldas attended temple’s inauguration ceremony and tested positive for COVID-19. | The photo of Gopaldas sitting near Mohan Bhagwat is edited. |
| 30. Video of clash between farmers and police is old | Police violently attacked farmers during the protest. | The incident is from 2013. |
| 31. Video from Mumbai was shared as a protest in Delhi | Zubair shared video of a protest from his parody account and described it as a protest in Delhi. | The video was found to be of Maratha Kranti Morcha in Mumbai. |
| 32. Hindustan Murdabad slogan was not raised by VHP | Slogans of ‘Hindustan Murdabad’ were raised by Vishwa Hindu Parishad. | The Gonda Police itself has issued a clarification and made it clear that this video is fake and the talk of raising anti-national slogans is untrue. |
| 33. BJP workers didn’t steal EVMs | BJP workers were caught stealing EVMs. | The EVM which was being reported as stolen was actually a reserve EVM which was kept for use in emergency. |
| 34. Viral audio of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi is not edited | An audio clip in which Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi urged Muslims not to adhere to social distancing and COVID-19 guidelines is doctored. | The claim turned out to be baseless and was not factually supported. |
| 35. No caste angle in death of 17-year-old Dalit boy in UP | A Dalit youth was shot dead by four people when he tried to enter a temple in UP. | Police stated there is no caste angle in the incident, noting video evidence of Dalits using village temples for decades. The conflict stemmed from a personal dispute between Vikas and Horam over money related to the victim’s family. |
| 36. The picture of Yediyurappa celebrating Tipu Jayanti is misleading | Yediyurappa celebrated Tipu Jayanti | The picture of Yediyurappa is not of Tipu Jayanti, but of the Karnataka Janta Paksha Minority Conference in Bengaluru in 2013. |
| 37. Bridge built at the cost of Rs 263 crore didn’t collapse in Bihar | The bridge built at a cost of Rs 263 crore in Bihar collapsed a month after its inauguration. | The image was of a different bridge 2 km away on the Gandak River. |
| 38. Report suggesting interest free banking for Islamic faith was designed by the committee chaired by Raghuram Rajan | Report on Islamic banking is of Dr. C Rangarajan. | In August 2007, the Planning Commission of India established a high-level committee on financial sector reforms chaired by Raghuram Rajan. The committee presented its report, “A Hundred Small Steps,” in 2008, which recommended interest-free banking for faiths that do not use interest-based financial services. |
| 39. Person who punched cashier is DMK worker | RSS worker punched the hotel cashier for refusing to give free biryani. | The person who punched the cashier for refusing to give free biryani was not an RSS but a DMK worker. |
| 40. Picture of clash between farmers and police personnel shared with misleading claim | During a clash, police officers assaulted farmers. | The photo shared by Zubair of the police beating up a lone farmer is misleading. The truth is that there are many people in the whole picture who are attacking the police. |
| 41. No difference in stand of PM Modi and Fadnavis view on Muslim reservation | PM Modi and Devendra Fadnavis hold different views on Muslim reservations. | Devendra Fadnavis reserved benefits only for backward Muslims, while PM Modi noted that the Congress party granted reservations to all Muslims in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, regardless of socio-economic status. |
| 42. Video showing PM Modi attacking Kings and Maharajas is edited | PM Modi attacked kings and Maharajas. | PM Modi had talked about kings and maharajas in the context of the Congress Party. He said that the Congress Party was influenced by the British. British officer Allan Octavian Hume (A.O Hume) was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress. |
| 43. Geotextile removal falsely link to poor road quality in Vadodara | Video shows a road collapsing due to the floods. | The removed thin layer is geotextile used on the road. The viral video shows the road in a state of destruction after flood and heavy rain. |
| 44. Amroha school principal didn’t join BJP | The school principal in Amroha who was openly accusing a 7-year-old child of destroying temples and converting Hindus has joined BJP. | It was not the Principal of Hilton Senior Secondary School, Amroha, Avnish Sharma, but the school manager Anurag Saini has joined the BJP. |
| 45. Rs 52 crore is the total cost demolition and reconstruction of Hatkeshwar Bridge | The Hatkeshwar Bridge in Ahmedabad which was constructed in 2017 at a cost of Rs 42 crore is now being demolished at a cost of Rs 52 crore. | The total cost of demolition and reconstruction of Hatkeshwar Bridge is Rs 52 crore. Also, the entire cost of new construction will be recovered from the old contractor. |
| 46. Dalit Man Committing Suicide After He Was Beaten For Sitting on Chair in Ramleela is Misleading | A 48-year-old Dalit man in Kasganj committed suicide after getting beaten by the police for sitting on a chair in Ramleela program. | Ramesh was removed for causing a disturbance while intoxicated, but there is no incidence of police assault. |
Is Mohammed Zubair, the flag bearer of communal harmony?
On January 26 this year, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin honored Zubair with the Communal Harmony Award. But does Zubair really deserve this honor? What role he plays in creating communal harmony in society should also be investigated.
In 2022 Nupur Sharma had come to take part in a debate on Times Now regarding the Gyanvapi ‘Masjid’. During the debate she said that people are constantly making fun of the Hindu faith. If this is the case then she can also make fun of other religions. For this she can mention Islamic beliefs. The edited video clip of their debate was shared by Mohammed Zubair on his ex (formerly Twitter). In fact, after the claim of Shivling in Gyanvapi, Hindu society started being mocked on social media by calling mixer machine, breaker on footpath, fountain, litchi, male’s private part as Shivling but the flag bearer of communal harmony Mohammed Zubair remained silent while when Nupur Sharma responded, Zubair shared the edited video of Nupur Sharma.
Mocking it, b’coz they know they can. pic.twitter.com/sjdODo45CG
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) May 17, 2022
Along with this, Zubair forced the heads of states of Islamic countries to take a stand against India by adopting the ‘principle of Ummah’. Zubair continuously tagged the heads of states of Islamic countries in his edited videos due to which the Nupur Sharma controversy gained so much momentum that Arab countries summoned the ambassadors of India and registered their protest. After this, Bharatiya Janata Party suspended Nupur Sharma from the primary membership of the party till the completion of the investigation.
Zubair’s actions led to violence in many parts of the country. Also, Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Veterinary Chemist Umesh Prahlad Rao Kolhe in Amravati, Maharashtra, Praveen Nettaru in South Kannada, Karnataka were killed by Muslims. Apart from this, Prateek Pawar was attacked with a sword in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Mukesh Tiwari was beaten in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Ayush Jadam was also attacked in Agar, Madhya Pradesh. People from the Muslim community were also arrested for threatening to kill a businessman in Surat, Gujarat. There is a long list of such cases. After which there was a situation of tension in many states.
It is also surprising that Mohammad Zubair himself has made objectionable comments against the Hindu community. Sharing multiple screenshots of Zubair’s Facebook post, an X handle, ‘Hawk Eye’, wrote, Its easy to make fun of other’s god, religion, culture & scriptures, because there is no consequences. Ironically its coming from same person who triggered an event that took entire nation on ransom, and the violent mayhem is still on.. Ever tried this for own …?
Its easy to make fun of other’s god, religion, culture & scriptures, because there is no consequences.
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) June 13, 2022
Ironically its coming from same person who triggered an event that took entire nation on ransom, and the violent mayhem is still on..
Ever tried this for own …?👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/dV7dDWTSAR
Take a look at Hιnduphobιc posts done by @zoo_bear co-founder of @AltNews, all these posts hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus and this is just an iota of his thoughts(Which he forgot to delete).
— Mikku 🐼 (@effucktivehumor) June 14, 2022
Don’t forget that he is the man who instigated bIαsphemy charges on Nupur. pic.twitter.com/5I6XAxFxrG
After being exposed for his Hinduphobic posts, Zubair immediately closed his Facebook account. Also, Zubair had deleted 28 posts from his X account.
Since the H!nduphobic posts expose on 13-14Jun midnight, & confessed by related FB page deletion, Md Zubair’s extra-noisy twitter activity slashed from an average of 44 tweets per day to -2 tweets per day.
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) June 20, 2022
He deleted 28 tweets today (20-Jun). pic.twitter.com/X9Mel1CAR6
Mohammed Zubair is a well-wisher of Umar Khalid
Mohammad Zubair is a supporter of JNU alumnus Umar Khalid. Mohammad Zubair has publicly supported Umar Khalid in several of his posts on X. Zubair has described Umar Khalid as his inspiration in a post on X.
Wish you a Happy Birthday @UmarKhalidJNU Bhai. You are an inspiration. #HappyBirthdayUmar #MorePowerToUmar pic.twitter.com/UyJscvzFo6
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) August 11, 2022
Yes I stood with Umar Khalid Bhai. I Will Stand with him NOW AND FOR EVER! ✊#StandWithUmarKhalid
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) December 31, 2023
Not just me, Every True Indian will stand by Umar Khalid and other activists who were framed.
Actual rioters are still protected and are free, despite their live videos during… pic.twitter.com/AogY5joVYT
But it is worth noting here that Mohammad Zubair’s inspiration, Umar Khalid, is a supporter of a terrorist. There was a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001. On December 13, 2001, five terrorists from terrorist groups named Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a terrorist attack on the country’s Parliament. In this attack, five Delhi Police personnel, a woman constable of CRPF and two security guards present in the Parliament were martyred. Later all these terrorists were killed by the security forces. Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mohammed Afzal Guru was the mastermind of this case, on the orders of the Supreme Court of India, Afzal Guru was hanged in the Tihar Jail of Delhi on the morning of 9 February 2013.
In the year 2016, a program was organized in JNU on the death anniversary of Afzal Guru. Anti-national slogans were raised in this program in which 90 witnesses have been made in the charge sheet of about 1200 pages filed in the court by the Special Cell. The charge sheet said the 2016 incident was the result of a well-planned conspiracy during which anti-national slogans were raised.
Slogans of destruction of India were raised in this program of JNU. Umar Khalid was involved in these slogans, in a video he said that how many Afzals will you kill, Afzal will come out from every house. How many Maqbools you kill, Maqbool will emerge from every house. In another video, Umar Khalid described Kashmir as an area under Indian occupation.
It is worth noting here that like Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt was also a terrorist who was hanged inside Tihar Jail on 11 February 1984. Umar Khalid has also supported terrorist Burhan Wani in one of his Facebook posts. Burhan was killed in an encounter on 8 July 2016. There was a reward of Rs 10 lakh on him.
Conclusion: Our investigation reveals that Mohammad Zubair has shared many fake news over the years. Most of these fake news are against BJP-Modi. In such matters, Zubair does not keep his work but his agenda paramount. Zubair has also been continuously posting hate posts against the Hindu community.
