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  • A screenshot of a tweet going viral on social media claims that a Darul Uloom Madrasa in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband has issued a "fatwa" asking Muslims to sell food items laced with chemicals to make people from the Hindu community sick. However, we found that the screenshot was posted from a fake account, which has been suspended by Twitter. The screenshot has been viral since at least 2020 and has been debunked before. CLAIM The viral tweet, when translated from Hindi to English, said, "All Muslim brothers are informed to mix chemicals and sell poor quality fruits, vegetables, milk, cheese, ice cream etc. in Hindu settlements and villages so that they and their children are gripped by disease in large numbers." WHAT WE FOUND OUT When we looked for the profile mentioned in the viral screenshot, we found that the Twitter account didn't exist. We then looked for archives of the profile using Wayback Machine and found an archive of the original tweet. While going through other archives, we found that the account was previously called @sekh_gayor. We then went through Darul Uloom's website and didn't find any such fatwa. On looking for news about the claim, we found news articles published in Hindi dailies in March 2020 that said that the institute had filed a complaint regarding the piece of misinformation. We found that the same claim was previously shared in March 2021 and was debunked by other fact-checking organisations. Evidently, a tweet from a fake account was shared to claim that the Darul Uloom had issued a communally charged fatwa against people of the Hindu community. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories .) (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
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