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Baseless posts claiming Iran abolished hijab rule spread online

Published on October 23, 2025 at 06:15

Clip shows Bangladeshi actor harassed in Dhaka, not 'American tourist targeted for not wearing hijab'

Published on October 22, 2024 at 12:13

Video shows topless protester at anti-hijab rally in the Netherlands, not in Iran

Published on October 19, 2022 at 11:48

Clip from Azerbaijan TV series shared as 'father mourning daughter killed by Iranian police'

Published on October 7, 2022 at 06:08

Old photos of different Tehran rallies falsely shared as 'Iran's pro-hijab protests in 2022'

Published on October 5, 2022 at 08:13

Unrelated courtroom footage falsely linked to Indian hijab row

Published on April 19, 2022 at 17:34

Photos of women in headscarves taken on Indian independence day, not hijab protests

Published on March 6, 2022 at 06:37

Old video of Indian actress shared with claims she was 'supporting hijab ban protests'

Published on March 3, 2022 at 11:47

Doctored image falsely shared as 'hijab-clad Indian Muslim student' after hijab ban protests

Published on February 28, 2022 at 05:10

Video shows Indian teenager in 2020 -- not police 'honouring' Muslim student after hijab ban protests

Published on February 24, 2022 at 08:58

Old video does not show Indian police 'arresting Muslim women' during hijab ban protests

Published on February 23, 2022 at 06:28

This video shows a university initiation ceremony in Sri Lanka, not 'hijab row incident in India'

Published on February 21, 2022 at 10:48

Posts share photo of wrong woman after footage of Indian Muslim student being harassed goes viral

Published on February 21, 2022 at 08:46

Posts share photos of two different women after hijab ban protests in India

Published on February 21, 2022 at 07:50

Muslim woman wearing hijab in photo is not a daughter of former US president George W. Bush

Published on May 18, 2021 at 13:11

This video shows teachers protesting an education scheme in India

Published on October 15, 2019 at 02:13

Fired for wearing a hijab: truth and fiction on Quebec’s secularism law

Published on September 13, 2019 at 16:55

Sri Lanka’s government has introduced a free visa scheme for some countries -- not for any ethnic or religious groups

Published on September 9, 2019 at 10:48

No, this is not a photo of former Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten and his wife 'submitting to Sharia law in Australia for votes'

Published on May 22, 2019 at 05:28

No, this is not a photo of Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in Pakistan

Published on January 29, 2019 at 08:39
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