“War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268). The same claim has been made about the Chinese Premier.
“Old video of interfaith service viral as Donald Trump offers Islamic prayers amid coronavirus pandemic,” by Archit Mehta, Alt News, March 28, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
…As the US becomes the new epicentre for the coronavirus, a 3-minute video with the claim “US President Trump joins Muslims prayers for respite from Coronavirus after failing to tackle it” has gone viral. On the bottom right corner, the viral video has a logo of ABC News. Alt News received several requests to fact-check the viral video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application.
This video has been shared along with Hindi text by a Twitter user @rtapgarhiSonu (archive link) and Facebook user Hema Sankhe (archive link) as well. The Hindi text says, “The world’s most powerful country also acknowledged the power of the Quran and read the Quran in the White House and prayed for Crona, share this, respect every religion (Translated from दुनिया के सबसे बड़े ताकतवर मुल्क ने भी माना कुरान की ताकत को और व्हाइट हाउस में कुरान पढ़ा गया और दुआ की गई क्रोना के लिए शेयर कीजिए,हर धर्म का सम्मान करों)”.
Fact-check
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Yandex and found link which suggested that the video could be from an interfaith service held in 2017.
Using that as a clue Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found that the viral video is a clip from the National Prayer Service for the 58th presidential inauguration at the National Cathedral, Washington on January 21, 2017. According to a 2017 article in NPR, “The inaugural prayer service is a tradition that began with President George Washington and was revived in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt, continuing ever since.”
The guest list for the event is available on the National Cathedral‘s website. Islam was represented by Imam Mohamed Magid, executive Imam, ADAMS Center, Sterling, Virginia and Sajid Tarar, advisor, Medina Masjid, Baltimore, Maryland at the event….
Boromir's Horn says
The fake news and inappropriate attacks on this man in overwhelming.
Can you imagine the weight our President must be feeling. I know my anxiety is through the roof sometimes and I feel like the weight of the world is on me. I know when he signed up for this role, without pay, he was willing to take on whatever, but the magnitude of what we’re experiencing has got to be paralyzing. And to some nothing he does is ever right …
I wonder how he must be dealing with it all. When his head finally hits the pillow at night after press conferences and meetings, Constantly trying to defend himself and protect our country… does he cry? Is he scared?
Is he even able to sleep?
Can he shut his mind off?
Or does he lay there and talk to God all night?
Whether he’s making you proud or not, I’m urging you to ask the Lord to soften your heart and lift him up in prayer. He needs them. He’s carrying the weight of our world on his shoulders.
James Lincoln says
Boromir’s Horn,
I have often thought the same thing.
What amazes me the most, is that Pres. Trump is trying to protect, defend, and improve the lives of all Americans – including the ones who hate him…
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
Luckily, few are more thick-skinned than Donald Trump.
william carr says
DEms and Muslims alike follow the ideas of Dr Goebbels tell a lie often enough and people will believe it. Fortunately now we have fact checking.
maemae77 says
Unfortunately, most fact checkers are bias.
Boromir's Horn says
Yes I was thinking the same thing. Our local paper has a daily fact check on Trumps daily briefing and the entire column is skewed with opinion.
I think William Carr’s point is, we now have the resources to fact check things ourselves
Buraq says
The Al Quranavirus is everywhere. Watch out! Read Jihad Watch every day to self-immunize against it.
Mateen Elass says
In the same way that Muhammad took historical events and shamelessly twisted them to support his own bogus claims, so his followers imitate the behavior of Islam’s “insan al-kamil”, the perfect human being who according to the Quran is the “excellent example” (33:21) for all to follow. A religion built upon lies reflects the mind and will of its master — the father of lies (John 8:44).
Jayell says
This is third-rate lowlife gutter-press tactics. Even the Daily Mail wouldn’t try this one on, because they know they’d be caught out eventually (they’ve had enough experience of it!). But this lot must be blinkered,naive or/and idiotic enough not to realise that there are people around the world who know how to to call out this predictable piece of bogus self-promotion. If they had any integrity at all they’d be totally embarrassed at this exposing of their antediluvian, mumbo-jumbo supremacist delusions. But they won’t be, because that word ‘integrity’ is not in their vocabulary.
Templer says
One islam is not a fath it’s the devils death cult the Koran is false and bean proven to be mo is nothing more than a ped and a war monger were as the bible is unfolding before our eyes the lord Jesus is comeing and he is not asking people to be muslim hopefully this corna virse will wipe this evil cult off islam from the earth I will stand up to the devils cult and say what it is
somehistory says
Good for you! Standing for what is right and true…the only think a Christian can do. And all we wish to do, too.
Jesus will rid the earth of the filth and lies that are islam. Along with islam, He will rid the earth of satan the devil, the source of the evil filth.
jca reid says
Oh yeah! & Neil Armstrong took a Koran to the moon! Their Mozzie BS is endless, Way beyond time that this degenerate dogma, given the platform as being a ‘religion’, was wiped out & consigned to the History Bookshelf, where it can be studied & people can then peruse how idiotic people are to give this perverted ideology any credence & its founder – a Mass Murdering, Raping, Paedophilc Bandit.
James Lincoln says
Perhaps Pres. Trump should take a few minutes and expose this fake video on national TV.
Take it apart point by point….
Rufolino says
All he needs to do is mention this lie. It would take 20 seconds.
This would be a salutary wake-up to the many people who swallow the incessant Trump-hatred that circulates on the media.
This blind hatred of Trump is alarming. People speak not of President Trump, but of “Donald Trump”, as if his hated name is enough to condemn him.
The BBC, too, nearly always reports Trump in the pejorative.
gravenimage says
Old video of interfaith service now viral with claim Trump offers Islamic prayers, reads Quran to stop coronavirus
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How pathetic is this? Muslims have nothing–so they have to make up bs.
Battle says
Jamie Gaslov is right: “Islamic pychopath.”
maemae77 says
News flash!! Trump hates Islam. Muslims are the ones putting out this propaganda hoping that his voters won’t vote for him. It went viral because that’s how dedicated these Muslims are at spreading propaganda to get Trump
out so they can finish destroying America like they promised they would.
James Lincoln says
maemae77 says,
“News flash!! Trump hates Islam.”
In all due respect, I believe that you have it backwards.
From what I can ascertain by what he has said in the past, Pres. Trump does, indeed, hate islam. He knows that a very large percent of muslims hate America and that they are here primarily to try to eventually impose sharia law – if they think that they can. In the meantime, they are enjoying the many benefits of living in a Western country.
Obviously, he is correct in his assessment. That was at least one of the reasons why he won the election in 2016.
Stating that “Trump hates Islam” is not propaganda – it is welcome truth.
I would certainly be much more concerned if Pres. Trump “liked” the ideology of Islam – as his predecessor, Pres. Obama, did.
OLD GUY says
The islamic bullshit machine is running in overdrive. Some of their propaganda is so far over the hill it’s totally unbelievable, shows how stupid they are. Everything is a jihad to them if it is non-islamic, old Muhammad sure new how to sucker simple minded men into following his evil view of the world. Unfortunately the intelligent members of islam use the so called “religion” as a means to gain power and wealth at the expense of the followers. Islam the “religion” of true dictatorships!