Modi mosque: Is masjid in Bengaluru named after PM?

BENGALURU: “Muslims in Bangalore have named a mosque after @narendramodi Ji. Dont know how many are going to commit suicide after seeing this.”

The above message claims that a mosque in Bengaluru has been named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has been tweeted by a user @mahesh10816, who is followed on the platform by PM Modi himself.

The above tweet has been retweeted over 400 times. Two photographs have been posted along with it. In the photo on the left, the words ‘Modi Masjid’ can be seen written at the entrance of what appears to be a mosque. In the photo on the right, a poster of PM Modi can be seen in the background. The aforementioned claim has gone viral on WhatsApp as well.

Fact-checking websites Alt News has debunked this false assertion.

Apart from this mosque at Tasker Town, there are two more mosques are in Bengaluru known as Modi Masjid and are located around Tannery Road.

Gulaam Rabbani, the Imaam of the grand Modi Mosque at Tasker Town in east Bengaluru, speaking to NDTV said, “This mosque is almost 170 years old and our PM is approximately 69 years old. There is no connection between PM Modi and this mosque.” Rabbani has been serving there for over two decades.

NOT NAMED AFTER NARENDRA MODI

Alt News found that there is indeed a Modi masjid in Bengaluru, but it has NOT been named after PM Modi. It has been named after a samaritan named Modi Abdul Gafoor, and was established more than 175 years back. The mosque was recently renovated, which is why it was in the news. It is in the Shivaji Nagar area of the city.

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Insofar as the two photographs in the above tweet are concerned, while the photo on the left is indeed of the Modi mosque in Bengaluru (NOT named after PM Modi), the photo on the right could not be conclusively established. However, it is not of the Modi mosque. The poster in the background shows PM Modi visit to the Ashara Mubaraka event at Indore in 2018.

The claim that a mosque in Bengaluru has been named after PM Narendra Modi, is false.

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