An old video from a stadium in Kazan, Russia showing people offering namaz is being shared with the false claim that it is from the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
On November 20, 2022, the opening ceremory of the FIFA World Cup 2022 was held at the Al Bayt stadium in Qatar. Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman started the cremony with an opening monoloudge. The 20-year-old Qatari YouTuber Ghanim Al Muftah also recited the verses of the Quran during the opening ceremony.
In the viral video, we can hear the azan (Islamic call to prayer) and a huge gathering of people can be seen offering the namaz in a staduim which has the name 'Kazan' on the stands.
The video is being shared with the caption when translated reads, "Football Stadium ( Qatar ) Alhamdulillah Iman refreshing scene".
(In Hindi - फुटबॉल सटेडियम ( कतर) अलहमदोलिललाह इमान ताजा कर देने वाला मंजर)
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The same video is being widely shared on Facebook with the false claim.
BOOM found that the viral video of people offering namaz in the stadium dates back online atleast to 2019 from a stadium in Kazan, Russia. The viral video is not from the 2022 FIFA World Cup that is currently being held in Qatar.
In the viral video, we can see 'Kazan' written on the stadium chairs.
Taking a cue from this, we then ran selected keyowrds like 'namaz at kazan stadium' which search results showed that the video is from Ak Bars Arena, which is a stadium in Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia.
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