Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A TikTok post claims to be a statement by imam Shefqet Krasniqi about the "Coalition for Families", a political entity that will compete in the parliamentary elections of February 9.
"Shefqet Krasniqi: Eman Rrahmani's list has nothing to do with the Islamic religion, it is a political party competing for a seat. Nothing more!" is the caption that was placed on a photo of Krasniqi, in the post made on January 25 by the account "me.qeverine.kurti3" on TikTok.
What's wrong with this post?
The post does not indicate where or when Hoxha Shefqet Krasniqi stated such a thing. After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it turns out that such a thing was not said.
Hibrid.info has searched for the claim in question in several ways. Initially, the search engine "Google" was performed with the words "Shefqet Krasniqi speaks about the List for Families” and then with the full claim: “Shefqet Krasniqi: Eman Rrahmani's list has nothing to do with the Islamic religion, it is a political party competing for seats. Nothing more!". In neither case has any such claim been found published in any credible source.
There are no publications related to the claim on the website of Imam Shefqet Krasniqi either. Facebook.
Meanwhile, on his YouTube channel, in a video dated January 24, Krasniqi spoke about the elections and this coalition. However, he expressed a positive attitude and did not speak as claimed on TikTok. (See here)
The TikTok post has so far received over 62 thousand views and has over 1150 likes and 80 comments.
This is not the first time that hibrid.info has covered content related to Hoxha Krasniqi and the February 9 elections. On January 14, hibrid.info covered the publication of an old video of him, claiming it to be current. (see here)
Analyze:
A TikTok post claims to have been made about a statement by imam Shefqet Krasniqi regarding the political entity "Coalition for the Family", which is competing in the February 9 parliamentary elections.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has not found that anything like this was said by Krasniqi. The content as claimed on TikTok has not been found and published anywhere else.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.