By Khushi Mehrotra
An image showing a classroom where the blackboard shows differences between Hinduism and Islam is being shared on social media. The differences put down Hinduism over Islam. Those sharing have noted that these are the lessons taught in madrasas. This post gathered 964.5K views at the time of writing this story. (Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.) Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false. The image is altered to add the communal tone. The original image shows the students being taught Sanskrit in a Madrasa in Uttar Pradesh. Fact-Check: Viral Post Carrying Data About Kerala Madrasas Is IncorrectWhat we found: We ran a Google reverse image search on the image but did not find anything to support the claim. We were led to a post by news agency ANI from 2018 which featured a similar image. However, the blackboard did not feature the same contents as the viral image. This made it clear that the viral image was altered. As per ANI, the image was of the Darul Uloom Husseini Madrasa located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.The news agency noted that among other subjects, being taught at the madrasa, Sanskrit was also taught. The principal of the madrasa told the news agency in 2018, “Its a modern madrasa under UP Education board and subjects like English, Hindi, Science, Maths & Sanskrit are taught here. They are also taught Arabic.” (sic.)Several other news organisations such as NDTV, Business Standard, Outlook Magazine also covered the news about this institution in UP in 2018. Team WebQoof published a story about this in 2018 when it went viral with a similar vlaim. You can read the story here. Conclusion: An altered image has gone viral to falsely claim that it shows a madrasa teaching communal and anti-Hindu lessons to its students. Fact-Check: Viral Post Carrying Data About Kerala Madrasas Is Incorrect(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9540511818 , or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we’ll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)