Recently a video has been circulating on social media and WhatsApp with this message ” Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion “. The video talks about the problem of Kashmir here in India and the speaker is rumored to be the Saudi Prince. Where the speaker says that “Pakistan is a suitable negotiator regarding Kashmir and I don’t think they have a right to speak. I believe that it is a Hindu land it is a controversial and everyone has a right to their own opinion and my position is that Kashmir is a Hindu land and I say that to everyone.” The reply from the speaker is what has caused the stir and led to the extensive sharing by people.

Videos Shared on Social Media:

This video shared on twitter by @Neha_kapoor8 has received 4,698 views and and 48 retweets.

opinion of Saudi prince in kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion. #MohammadBinSalman #ImranKhan #PulwamaAttack #PulwamaTerrorAttack #Pulwama #CrownPrinceinPakisatan pic.twitter.com/Rc7omYtX8w

— देश भक्त नेहा⭐ (@Neha_kapoor8) February 19, 2019

This video shared on Facebook by Proud to be an Indian has received over 193,000 views and over 5000 shares.

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Truth:

The speaker is not the Saudi prince, but he is Mohammad Tawhidi a Shia Muslim Imam. He is president of the Islamic Association of South Australia, which he founded in 2016. He is visibly known to be against Islamic fundamentalism and Pakistan. He has a very active twitter account where he expresses his opinion very strongly. On the same twitter account he came out and said that the video was false and is fake.

I’M NOT A SAUDI PRINCE. pic.twitter.com/q4dVxRvECN

— Imam Mohamad Tawhidi (@Imamofpeace) February 18, 2019

The video was taken from an event that Imam Tawhidi had attended a few days before the visit of the Saudi Prince. This is the video of the entire event:

He also shared the link of India Today when they busted the same video.

Fact Check: This is not Saudi Prince talking about Kashmir in the viral video – Fact Check News https://t.co/59gcTqVKGD

— Imam Mohamad Tawhidi (@Imamofpeace) February 20, 2019

In the month of September 2018 Imam Tawhidi had tweeted a video of a naked man being beaten by a stick/rod saying “Islamic Extremists in India beating up a poor and elderly Indian beggar. I truly wish this Islamist criminal is arrested soon. @narendramodi“

This was fake news which was later busted by SMHoaxSlayer. Here is the original story:

Was it a naga sadhu beaten up by a mob ?

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The video uploaded on YouTube by Sagar Khajuria has received over 1500 views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS5PuTUBcvo

Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion#PulwamaAttack #Pulwama pic.twitter.com/U47QnfB3fH

— GOPI CHAWLA (@GOPICHAWLA4) February 19, 2019

*Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion* ओर एक गद्दार जयचंद "कमल हासन" #बायकाट #देशद्रोही pic.twitter.com/La3a9OCGob

— m€Wa₹i_ssgmce (@GuptaVinod14) February 18, 2019

*Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion* pic.twitter.com/b3oRDJ3u5L

— Er. Dubey IM (@am_imd1) February 20, 2019

*Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion* pic.twitter.com/MxfY7ZnuxY

— Mamatha yadav (@MamathaCV1) February 21, 2019

सुनिए साउदी राजकुमार क्या कह रहे है कश्मीर एक हिन्दू लेन्ड
*Opinion of Saudi Prince in Kashmir issue, see how beautifully he expressed his opinion* pic.twitter.com/KG3Gh35G9d

— Raj Bhatnagar {On Classic Radio } (@rajbhatnagar124) February 19, 2019

There are many such videos shared on Facebook with views ranging from 15-400 each.

Similar is the case on WhatsApp where the reach is very high and cannot be measured as there is no means to measure the reach on WhatsApp. But this video is shared on many groups spreading fake news.