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The video shows a street confrontation where an interviewer demands that an elderly man recite a religious verse. Nothing in the evidence independently verifies the man's identity, beliefs, or background.

Nobody reliable has confirmed this. Reel by @khayyamtweets · checked 12 Oct 2026 · Politics

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मोदी सरकार के मुस्लिम समर्थक को नहीं याद कलमा।

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The trick: Brings in religion or caste

It highlights religion, caste or nationality where it has no bearing (known as irrelevant identity).

"चाचा आपने टोपी लगा रखी है। पहला कलमा सुनाइए।"

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How it tries to persuade you

It wants you to think: "Muslims who support the Modi government are hypocrites who do not even know the basics of their own faith."

A person's religious knowledge or what they choose to recite on camera has nothing to do with their political opinions or economic concerns. One individual's response to a hostile interviewer says nothing about the millions of others who share his faith or political views.

• Loaded framing: "मोदी सरकार के मुस्लिम समर्थक को नहीं याद कलमा!". The caption and on-screen text mock the man's political stance by framing his refusal to answer an aggressive stranger as a religious failure.

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