After Joe Biden’s inauguration as the President of the United States of America, a picture of people offering Namaz in front of Capitol Hill building started making rounds on social media saying that this is ‘Biden’s new America’.
“जो बाइडेन का नया अमेरिका कैपिटल हिल के सामने जुम्मे के दिन।” The facebook caption read.
(Translation: Joe Biden’s new America in front of Capitol Hill on Friday.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false and misleading.
We put the image through Reverse Image Search and found the same picture in an article by Vox dated January 29, 2017.
“Muslims pray during the “Islam on Capitol Hill 2009″ event at the West Front Lawn of the US Capitol September 25, 2009, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images),” The caption of the picture read.
The same picture was also featured in a 2010 article by TIME with the same caption.
Since both the organisations credited the picture to Getty Images, we also checked their website to find the original picture.
The picture description read: Muslims Hold Day Of Prayer On Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 25: Muslims say prayer during the “Islam on Capitol Hill 2009” event at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thousands of Muslims gathered for the event to promote the diversity of Islam. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Hence, from the above fact check, it is clear that the picture in question is from 2009 and the post is misleading and false.
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