Overview
Check Before You Share
Key passage
Quran
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍۢ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ أَن تُصِيبُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ فَتُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَٰدِمِينَ
سورة الحجرات · الآية ٦
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
Quran 49:6
Translation: Saheeh International
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Six Checks Before You Share
notes
Images, Numbers, and Quotations Need Different Checks
For casualty or aid figures, identify the organization, date, method, population counted, and later revisions. For quotations, open the full speech or document and read the sentences around the excerpt. A screenshot of text is not a source. UNESCO's handbook on journalism and disinformation explains practical fact-checking and social-media verification.
notes
Use the Right Source for the Question
Apply the same standard to claims that support your position and claims that challenge it. Responsible learning is not false neutrality. It is disciplined truthfulness for the sake of justice.
summary
Truthful Advocacy Is Stronger Advocacy
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Sources and further reading
Primary texts and works cited in this article.
The Quran — Tanzil Uthmani text with Saheeh International translation
quran
Source linkUthmani-script Arabic text from Tanzil with the Saheeh International English translation.
The Holy Bible, World English Bible (public domain)
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Source linkPublic-domain English translation from the World English Bible.
Verification Handbook
book | Craig Silverman, editor | European Journalism Centre | 2014
Source linkA practical open handbook for verifying digital and user-generated material.
Journalism, Fake News & Disinformation
book | Cherilyn Ireton and Julie Posetti, editors | UNESCO | 2018
Source linkAn official UNESCO handbook with practical modules on fact-checking, social-media verification, and responsible reporting.