A clip exhibiting donations for a mosque in Bangladesh has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it reveals cash collected by Muslim teams for flood victims in India’s Punjab state. Whereas Muslim organisations have come ahead to help these affected by the lethal floods, the clip beforehand circulated in information studies concerning the donations to the mosque in Dhaka.
“Our Muslim brothers got here ahead to assist the flood victims in Punjab. My heartfelt salute to my Muslim brothers,” reads the Hindi-language caption of an X video shared on September 2, 2025.
The video, shared greater than 4,600 occasions, reveals a gaggle of individuals emptying a sack of cash onto the ground as a devotional Islamic music performs within the background.
It surfaced after flooding throughout northwestern Punjab state — a area usually dubbed India’s breadbasket — killed no less than 52 folks and affected over 400,000 in August, with the state’s chief minister calling it “one of many worst flood disasters in a long time” (archived right here and right here).
Floods and landslides are widespread in the course of the June-September monsoon season within the subcontinent, however consultants say local weather change, coupled with poorly deliberate growth, is rising their frequency, severity and impression.
Punjab noticed rainfall surge by nearly two-thirds in contrast with the common charge for August, in keeping with the nationwide climate division.
Screenshot of the false X submit captured on September 4, 2025, with a purple X added by AFP
The video was additionally shared in related Fb and X posts.
Whereas native information outlet The Quint reported that Muslim organisations from throughout the nation had come ahead to help flood-affected areas within the Sikh-majority state, the video circulating on-line is unrelated to flood aid efforts (archived hyperlink).
A reverse picture search on Google utilizing keyframes from the falsely shared video led to a similar video posted on YouTube channel of Bangladesh media outlet Somoyer Konthosor on August 30 (archived hyperlink).
Its Bengali-language caption says it reveals donations to the Pagla Mosque in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared clip (left) and the video revealed by Somoyer Konthosor (proper)
Comparable footage additionally posted on the verified YouTube channel of Bangladeshi media outlet BVNEWS24 on August 30 (archived hyperlink).
“All of the stunning issues discovered from donation field of Pagla Mosque,” reads a part of the video’s Bengali-language title.
Zubayer Ibne Gias, an officer of the Pagla Mosque administration committee, advised AFP: “The video reveals donation containers opening on the historic Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj on August 30. Normally we open the mosque’s donation containers each three or 4 months.”
“There isn’t a hyperlink between Punjab flood victims and this donation,” Gias mentioned on September 9.
In accordance with a Dhaka Tribune report from August 30, the mosque collected 120,900,000 Bangladeshi Taka (roughly US$986,000) in donations (archived hyperlink).
The report quoted the administration committee president as saying the donations got here from folks of all religions, and the funds might be used to help the constructing of an Islamic complicated in addition to social welfare actions and a madrasa.
It added that the mosque fund holds almost 1,000,000,000 Bangladeshi Taka, and “curiosity from financial institution deposits is used to help sufferers with most cancers, kidney, and different vital diseases”.
