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The Quint Updated: 25 Mar 2019, 2:08 PM IST WebQoof 3 min read Aa Aa Small Aa Medium Aa Large ![\\"After](\\"\\") Don’t fall for fake news, click here to check out The Quint’s WebQoof stories. CLAIM After 50 people were killed in the terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand\'s Christchurch on Friday, 15 March, claims of 350 people in the country accepting Islam have gone viral. A website named ‘loveforislamic.blogspot.com\' carried a report titled “50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted Islam today in New Zealand” and the same claims have been shared across social media platforms Twitter and Facebook. “...there are also some rumours that this news is fake we confirmed it from our source but still waiting for the media to cover it, as soon as possible the media started showing it many more Muslims will revert to Islam, by the will of Allah (God) Islam will be the fastest growing religion, Many people were asking proofs so, one member on our page commented and admits that she accepted Islam with more than 350 people in New Zealand, and she was also from New Zealand,” the page said. A website called Kashmir Glacier also carried the story, but took it down later. ![\\"After](\\"\\") ![\\"After](\\"\\") > Around 50 people were martyred on last Friday in New Zealand Christchurch > terror attack and today more than 350 people in New Zealand accepted > Islamâ¤This is Islam!The more you kill, the more it > grows#ChristchurchTerrorAttack pic.twitter.com/kpKf9WZZ9U > > — Momina Basit (@MominaBasit1) March 19, 2019 > 50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted Islam > today in New Zealand > > — Daily Islamic Quotes Â© (@MyIslamicQoutes) March 18, 2019 > 15 à¤®à¤¾à¤°à¥à¤ à¤à¥ 50 à¤®à¥à¤¸à¥à¤²à¤¿à¤® à¤à¥ > à¤à¤¤à¤à¤à¤µà¤¾à¤¦à¤¿à¤¯à¥ à¤¨à¥ à¤¶à¤¹à¥à¤¦ à¤à¤° à¤¦à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ > à¤à¤ à¤¨à¥à¤¯à¥ à¤à¥à¤²à¥à¤à¤¡ à¤¸à¥ à¤¹à¥ à¤à¤¬à¤° à¤à¤°à¤¹à¥ > à¤¹à¥ à¤à¤¿ 350 à¤²à¥à¤à¥ à¤¨à¥ à¤à¤¸à¥à¤²à¤¾à¤® à¤à¤¼à¥à¤¬à¥à¤² > à¤à¤° à¤²à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ ð50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & > 350 people accepted Islam today in New Zealand pic.twitter.com/oQdmiAYGMz > > — Sadiya (@SadiyaSadaf3) March 18, 2019 A set of photos and videos too went viral along with the claim. > Did you know?The terrorist attack in #Christchurch killed 51 Muslims, today > approximately 350 people have converted/reverted back to #Islam in New > Zealand.Stop fearing/hating Islam, please try to understand > it.#NewZealandShooting #Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/X02TditdBI > > — Zain Khan (@ZKhanOfficial) March 18, 2019 A video has also been circulating along with the claim. ADVERTISEMENTREMOVE AD > 50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted #Islam > yesterday in #NewZealand.Ma\'sha\'ALLAH pic.twitter.com/vnhkxgPum8 > > — Muhammad Ali (@MAliRaza_) March 19, 2019 > 50 Muslims were killed on Friday in New Zealand & 350 people accepted #Islam > today in #NewZealand.#ChristchurchMosqueAttack pic.twitter.com/tiQFpSHLwA > > — Zubair Bukhari (@zubairbukhari39) March 19, 2019 > Alhamdulillah.50 innocent Muslim-Muslimah have been martyred by racist > terrorist at the Masjid & yesterday 350 people have accepted Islam in > #NewZealand.Dear New Muslim-Muslimah brother & sisters, Welcome to the most > peaceful religion of the world.Power of hello brother â¤ï¸ > pic.twitter.com/iDf353g7xm > > — Koniker Musafir (@_Shuyed_) March 18, 2019 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had earlier urged the international community to \"stand united against anti-Muslim hatred\" and all forms of bigotry and terror. FACT Since there were no media reports on this, The Quint reached out to New Zealand journalists to confirm the claims. Alex van Wel, News Director at Radio New Zealand’s Christchurch office, confirmed that the claims made in the blog was “fake”, adding that “there is no record of this having happened at all after the attack.” That’s not all. The images shared on social media along with the claim are also false. The images circulated have existed on the internet before the attack took place. ![\\"After](\\"\\") ![\\"After](\\"\\") Meanwhile, the video circulated was originally posted on YouTube in 2008 and supposedly shows “Germans accepting Islam”, as claimed in the caption. (Not convinced of a story you came across on social media and want it verified? Send us the details at WebQoof@TheQuint.com and we\'ll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.) (At The Quint, we question everything. 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After the Christchurch terror attack 350 people have accepted Islam