The Madinah Municipality is allegedly cleaning the streets of Madinah because non-Muslim BJP officials, Smriti Irani, visited, according to a video that has gone viral and shows people cleaning the area around the Al Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Verified accounts on twitter, including The Muslim (“@TheMuslim786“) tweeted “Saudi Arabia: Madinah Municipality is now washing and cleaning the streets of Madinah near the Holy Mosque Al-Nabawi, where some #islamophobic anti-Muslim non-Muslim BJP officials including Mushrik Smriti Irani had visited a few days ago .” The tweet was made on Jan 12, 2024, which has received an about 103.2k views on X.

सऊदी अरब: मदीना नगर पालिका अब पवित्र मस्जिद अल-नबावी के पास मदीना की सड़कों को धो रही है और साफ कर रही है, जहां मुशरिक स्मृति ईरानी सहित कुछ #islamophobic मुस्लिम विरोधी गैर-मुस्लिम भाजपा अधिकारियों ने कुछ दिन पहले दौरा किया था।https://t.co/CakxZ6MFPJ pic.twitter.com/2QhOadQkVF

— The Muslim (@TheMuslim786) January 12, 2024

Several other accounts, including Ashraf Hussain (“@AshrafFem“), Firdaus Fiza (“@fizaiq“), Mobin LLB (“@immobink“), Shahavaj Anjum’s (“@ShahavajAnjum“), South Asian Journal (“@sajournal1“), Ali Sohrab (“@007AliSohrab“) also made the same claim that the Madinah Municipality is currently cleaning and disinfecting the streets around Holy Masjid Al-Nabawi, which was visited a few days ago by some anti-Muslim, Islamophobic non-muslim BJP officials, including Smriti Irani. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

The man filming the video is from the Indian subcontinent, and that the video is not authentic. This footage is from the routine cleaning work. There are numerous videos of the Al Nabawi Mosque’s routine cleaning on the social media. 

We visited ARAB NEWS, which published an article on this incident on July 16, 2013 with the headline “3,200 workers keep Prophet’s Mosque clean”. The video was uploaded on Facebook by Nabil Mehta Alam on March 11, 2022 who wrote that Bangladeshi brothers should be saluted for cleaning the area near the Al Nabawi Mosque. The video was uploaded in Youtube on September 3, 2021 in the shorts video which shows the cleaning process in the Masjid Al Nabawi in Madina. The same youtube user uploaded the related video on Jan 8, 2022 showing the cleaning process after heavy rain. aammedia productions showed the heroes, who cleans the Masjid Al-Nabawi dedicately and routinely. The video was uploaded in Youtube on July 23, 2017.

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D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A video that shows people cleaning the area around Al Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, has been shared,claiming that Madinah Municipality is now cleaning the streets of Madinah because non-Muslim BJP officials, Smriti Irani had visited.(1/3) pic.twitter.com/Mhx511Vu54

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 12, 2024

Intent:

Propagandists are circulating routine cleaning videos with false claims to spread hate Propaganda based on religion. A video purporting to show the Madinah Municipality cleaning the streets of Madinah after non-Muslim BJP officials, Smriti Irani, visited, has gone viral. The video depicts people cleaning the area around the Al Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.But, after proper research, analysis and fact-checking, we have discovered that firstly, this video is fictitious; secondly, the man filming it is not from the Indian subcontinent. This footage was taken during a regular cleaning work. Videos of the Al Nabawi Mosque’s regular cleaning are widely accessible on the internet.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video that shows people cleaning the area around Al Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, has been shared,claiming that Madinah Municipality is now cleaning the streets of Madinah because non-Muslim BJP officials, Smriti Irani had visited.

Fact : The truth is that this video lacks authenticity, and the man filming it is from the Indian subcontinent. This video shows routine cleaning work. Many videos of routine cleaning at the Al Nabawi Mosque are available online.

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