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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Five Quick Checks
For photographs and videos, find the earliest upload and check whether the image is old, cropped, or from another place. For numbers, identify who produced them, what they count, and whether later revisions exist. Until a claim is verified, label it honestly as unconfirmed.
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Use the Right Source for the Question
Apply the same standard to claims that support one's position and claims that challenge it. Responsible learning is not false neutrality; it is disciplined truthfulness.
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)
bible
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.
Palestine: A Guide to Reliable UN Records
book | United Nations | UNISPAL | 2026
Source linkA searchable collection of official UN documents and a dated historical timeline.