No, this photo has circulated in Egyptian media reports about animal sacrifice during Eid al-Adha
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- Published on October 16, 2019 at 07:25
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- By AFP Pakistan
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The photo was published in this Facebook post on August 26, 2019.
It has been shared more than 99,000 times since.
Below is a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post:
The post’s Urdu-language caption translates to English as: “The latest situation in Kashmir, only valiant Muslim will share , the terrorist Modi should stop ongoing atrocities in Kashmir, O Allah help the oppressed Kashmiris Ameen”
India revoked Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status on August 5, 2019, as reported here by AFP.
The same photo was also published on Facebook here and here, where it has been shared more than 7,200 times, and on Twitter here, here and here with a similar claim.
The claim is false. A reverse image search found the photo was published in this report on Egyptian news website Copts United on August 12, 2019, about animal slaughter during Eid al-Adha.
Below is a screenshot of the photo in the report:
The photo was published one day after Egyptian Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, which commemorates the prophet Abraham's sacrifice of a lamb after God spared Ishmael, his son.
The report’s Arabic-language headline translates to English as: “I rejoice at Eid, I don’t rejoice scenes of animals slaughter and skinning on the street.”
The report translates in part as: “Dr. Khaled Montaser (writer and journalist) expressed his resentment toward the slaughter of animals in the streets.
“He said in a publication on Facebook, the prayer has its place, the fun has its place and so it is for the slaughter of animals that shouldn’t be in the street.
“The street is for all of us, he added. Let’s not cover it with animals blood and slaughter waste. Practice you religious rites in the places intended for such purposes (by the law).
“What we see in the photos is an arbitrary behavior. They enjoy, with their children, scenes of blood and they delight in seeing the streets polluted.
“I, myself rejoice the EID, not these scenes.”
The report’s higher quality version of the photo shows people standing over animals’ bodies. Below is a screenshot of the photo, with a some of the animals’ bodies circled in red by AFP:
Egyptian authorities recently vowed to crack down on the outdoor slaughter of animals on the eve of Eid al-Adha. Here is an AFP story about the developments.
AFP could not independently verify the location of the photo.
This report about Eid al-Adha celebrations in Egypt published by VOA on August 11, 2019, states animals were slaughtered next to the Sultan Hassan mosque in Cairo.
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