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By Anmol Alphonso A post has gone viral on social media falsely claiming that Qatar announced the cancellation of the death sentence recently awarded to eight Indian nationals including former navy officials by a Qatari court. BOOM found that the case is still ongoing and Qatar has not released any official statement on cancellation of the death sentence. A court in Qatar had awarded the death penalty to eight Indians including seven retired naval officers and a sailor on October 26, 2023. The Indian nationals, who worked with private company Al Dahra, were arrested in August last year reporte...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, speaking at a forum is viral with the false claim that he recently asked Indian Muslims to not interfere in the Israel-Palestine conflict. BOOM found that the claims are false and the clip from 2017 shows the Emir speaking about the oppression of Palestinians and is unrelated to Indian Muslims. Hamas first launched a military offensive into Israel from Gaza on October 7, resulting in retaliatory strikes from Israel and a complete blockade of essentials to Gaza. The death toll of the conflict has crossed 4,000, as pe...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, speaking in Arabic is viral with the claim that it shows him threatening to cut of Qatar's gas supply to the world if Israel does not stop its ongoing bombardment on Gaza. BOOM found this claim to be false; the video is over six years old, and does not show Al Thani speaking of Qatar's gas supply at all. Instead, he is head saying, "The Palestinian cause is a cause of people who faced expulsion from their land and displaced from their country." Furthermore, there are no official statements from Qatar threatening to c...
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By Srijit Das A video featuring a massive octopus crawling into a parking lot and wrecking a car's roof has been shared on social media platform with a false claim that the event took place in Qatar. BOOM found that the footage does not show a real incident. The video was produced by a CGI artist who utilises software to craft animated visuals. In the beginning of the viral 17-second clip, a huge octopus is spotted making its way into a parking lot with a few cars around. The octopus then climbs onto a white SUV and uses its long tentacles to crush its roof. The video is being shared with a ca...
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By Sk Badiruddin An old video of a crowd at Lusail metro station in Doha, Qatar, during one of the matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 is circulating with false claims that it shows a sea of spectators pouring in to watch Pathaan in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the day of its release. BOOM found that the viral video is available on TikTok since December 12, 2022 and shows visuals of spectators of the FIFA World Cup and not Pathaan. The video shows a gathering of football fans at Lusail metro station who came to view matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 held in the Lusail stadium in Qatar. Shah R...
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By The Conversation Simon Chadwick , SKEMA Business School and Paul Widdop , University of Manchester After four weeks, 64 games and more than a decade of controversy, Argentina has won the Fifa men's World Cup in Qatar. And as Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrate victory over France, another competition has also reached its conclusion – the battle for "soft power". Soft power is a foreign policy tool. It's about shaping global perceptions and attitudes using things like music, fashion and sport. The Fifa World Cup is perhaps the ultimate soft power platform, with 32 countries on show to b...
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By The Conversation Christina Philippou , University of Portsmouth The men's 2022 Fifa World Cup has ended, with Argentina crowned champions. But at this tournament in particular, there has been much to distract from the actual football being played. From start to finish, Qatar 2022 has been controversial. Naming the small state as host back in 2010 led to widespread criticism of Fifa. Since then, allegations of corruption in the awarding process have been investigated by the media, legal systems, and Fifa's own ethics committee. A number of Fifa officials have been convicted of corruption cha...
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By Hazel Gandhi Several news outlets including NDTV, Hindustan Times, and the Free Press Journal published stories falsely claiming that a viral video shows Lionel Messi hugging his mother after Argentina's win at the FIFA World Cup finals. BOOM found that the woman in the video is not Messi's mother, Celia María Cuccittini, but the Argentina team's official cook - Antonia Farías. The video is also being shared onn Facebook with a caption claiming, "Messi hugs his mother❣️" Click here to view. Click here to view. Click here to view. Several Indian outlets including NDTV, Hindustan Times, and N...
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By Anmol Alphonso A six-month-old video of Zakir Naik having dinner in Qatar is being shared with the false claim that it is recent and from the ongoing FIFA World Cup being hosted in the country. Naik faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India and is reportedly set to give religious lectures during the tournament in Qatar. News agency ANI reported on November 24, 2022, quoting the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi saying that Qatar has told India that no invitation was extended to the controversial Islamic preacher Naik to attend the ongoing FIFA W...
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By Sk Badiruddin A collage of three old images showing different angles of a littered dressing room has been shared on social media with a false claim that it shows an unclean dressing room of Japan after its loss to Costa Rica in the 2022 FIFA World Cup match. BOOM found that the images show Italy's dressing room following a World Cup play-off match defeat to North Macedonia in March, 2022. Videos of Japanese fans cleaning the stadium and collecting trash left behind by World Cup spectators in Qatar after the matches are over have emerged on the internet. The Japanese fans have been lauded fo...
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