Social media is lying to you about Burma’s Muslim ‘cleansing’

[Supply&Demand]

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Social media is lying to you about Burma’s Muslim ‘cleansing’

Social networking sites are abuzz with news about Muslims being killed in Burma.You can see the sporadic posting of pictures by different people with captions like ‘Muslims killing in Burma’, ‘Muslims slaughtered by Buddhists in Burma’ and so on.

Thus, I took on the mission to sort the truth out for myself once and for all and researched some pictures that I felt were dubious. Below are a few pictures and their original copies. You can evidently see the gross difference between them and how they are thrown out of context.

This was a picture shared on Facebook.





I have found the original version which reads differently to the the one posted on the social networking site.




This picture was taken in 2010 after an earthquake in China and captures the efforts put in by the Tibetans to help rescue the victims. Now, Islamic political parties and some other elements are sharing this image as Muslim killing and their slaughter in Burma.

Another widely circulated picture captioned “More then 1,000 people killed in Burma” is also fake.



The original, as you can see below, is taken in Thailand in the year 2004. This picture shows protesters that were tear-gassed outside the Tal Bai police station in Bangkok. This is roughly 1,409.9 km away from Burma! What is grossly negligent about these photos is the factual ignorance of the hate these misleading photos can culminate.



Below, please find another image which was posted online, this time with an imprint of Jamaat-e-Islami on the top left . It reads ‘Terrorists of Budhism of Burma kills 500 Muslims’.

As you can guess, this is also a fabricated picture.



In reality, this image belongs to a Human Rights violation incident by the Thai authorities against the Rohingya ethnic minority of Burma. These refugees were detained for a few weeks and then sent off drifting into the sea.

Here is another instance of such fallacy spreading across the social media sites regarding the massacre of Muslims in Burma.



This picture is extremely misleading considering that the original image was about the riots in Thailand that took place in 2003!

Now, take a look at the image below and observe how it is blown out of context.



Now, view the original.



The original picture is not even remotely close to what the picture above states. In fact, a Tibetan protester had set himself on fire in protest prior to the arrival of Chinese president Hu Jintao and that too in Delhi.

I do not deny the killings of Muslims in Burma – not even for a minute. I think it is horrific and I am sympathetic towards the immense loss being suffered by my Muslim brothers and sisters abroad.

What I am against is being lied to. Imagine the amount of lies we are being fed through these pictures. How can one trust any image online if such drastic manipulation and editing is being done to cater to someone’s political or personal agenda?

Social media and networking sites, if used properly, can be an impressive tool in spreading awareness amongst its users, but it can be an equally dangerous median as well if misused.

These images are false and are only igniting hatred and prejudice in our youth.

We need to become more vigilant and aware of the credibility and authenticity of pictures we browse through. It only takes one wrong image to push us over the edge towards extremism.

[Cherokee]

It is a Raw-CIA-Mossad funded paper . Oh wait it could be Myanmar regime that has buyed Tribune who knows . Without any credible evidence of Human rights violation or any photos to support it Cyber-jihadis are beating their chest Pointlessly .

[KRAIT]

Supply & Demand, what's the process to become a R&AW agent, coz you can certainly help us out.

@serious note
Great work mate......don't get ban for god's sake....

[kobiraaz]

It happens. Go figure BBC showed iraqi photos while reporting about Assad massacre in syria! And here you are talking about facebook where people share photos they get on their home page!

[LaBong]

Yes I pointed out the same in another thread.

Man these guys posting everything from Tibetans, Chinese to Malays as Burmese kills! :|



These are pictures of Tak Bai incident, they are Malays not Rohingyas. Did you have your medicine in morning?

And here's the typical idiotic Bangladeshi response.

What is the best estimate of the number of people of killed now? Since no one can verify, what should we believe? If this is 20,000, then it has already exceeded the massacre in Syria.

Is the killing going on still? Or has it stopped?



Shame on your hatred for fellow Human Beings, just because they are Muslims.

Now I guess Pak Tribune also hates Muslims as it is siding with the truth!

[Don Jaguar]

Now I guess Pak Tribune also hates Muslims as it is siding with the truth!

The Express Tribune is the first internationally affiliated newspaper in Pakistan. Partnered with The International Herald Tribune – the global edition of The New York Times.

About – The Express Tribune

Explains all.

[kobiraaz]

It was me who posted the thai photo almost 1 months ago and another Bangladeshi Iajdani corrected me, Lala Bong Bong these photos were shared out of ignorance!

[eowyn]

i think this is sky burial of earthquake victims ..Buddhists burial ritual . arms and limbs are chopped off and bodies left to rot under open sky ...

[LaBong]

It was me who posted the thai photo almost 1 months ago and another Bangladeshi Iajdani corrected me, Lala Bong Bong these photos were shared out of ignorance!

The point is retards from Bangladesh engaged in character assassination by calling me islamophobic when tried to help them to overcome their ignorance.

[Cherokee]

The Express Tribune is the first internationally affiliated newspaper in Pakistan. Partnered with The International Herald Tribune – the global edition of The New York Times.

About – The Express Tribune

Explains all.

So the content of the article is Fake . Can you prove that dear sir ??

[LaBong]

The Express Tribune is the first internationally affiliated newspaper in Pakistan. Partnered with The International Herald Tribune – the global edition of The New York Times.

About – The Express Tribune

Explains all.

I'm sure the author of the article is Pakistani and so are the editorial board of tribute, doesn't matter if it's a joint venture with international corporate.

Also it's a fact that the pictures are fake, or are you disputing that.

[KRAIT]

The Express Tribune is the first internationally affiliated newspaper in Pakistan. Partnered with The International Herald Tribune – the global edition of The New York Times.

About – The Express Tribune

Explains all.

In my entire time on PDF, I have asked both Pakistani and Chinese members to provide the list of newspaper/tv channels/ magazines.etc. that they don't consider part of Western Propaganda.

If this same media presents something negative about India, it becomes a gospel.


Kindly provide the list NOW.

[Don Jaguar]

So the content of the article is Fake . Can you prove that dear sir ??

No this report is right.

[kobiraaz]

this is from BLOG, Anyone can write on blogs if i am not wrong! International herald tribune is just a platform here so irrelevant in this discussion. The fact is except some bangladeshi coast guard photos there is no photo of massacre is available.... Thats why some idiots are using fake photos!

[Don Jaguar]

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I'm sure the author of the article is Pakistani and so are the editorial board of tribute, doesn't matter if it's a joint venture with international corporate.

There is a total of 35 million dollars investment in our media but i don't know how much exactly this news channel got.

Also it's a fact that the pictures are fake, or are you disputing that.

No this time they are right.

In my entire time on PDF, I have asked both Pakistani and Chinese members to provide the list of newspaper/tv channels/ magazines.etc. that they don't consider part of Western Propaganda.

If this same media presents something negative about India, it becomes a gospel.


Kindly provide the list NOW.

The day we will get the exact list we will close these news channels.

BTW we did one failed attempt in musharraf's reign.