Fact Check: Did ISIS crush a baby after parents refuse to convert to Islam?

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A post has resurfaced on the internet where a man can be seen kicking a baby.
The text attached to the post claims that ISIS is crushing the baby after the parents refuse to convert from Christianity to Islam.
“ISIS cleric publicly crushes Christian baby of the family refused to convert to Islam” the text read.


FACT CHECK

When NewsMobile fact-checked the post, we found the claim to be fake.
On putting the image through reverse Image Search along with the keywords, we found that this story originated somewhere in 2014 after the story appeared in several blog posts.
On further investigation on Yandex, we found that the image is of a spiritual healer in Bangladesh named ‘Amzad Fakir‘. Amzad was arrested by local authorities in 2010 on charges related to his orthodox medical practice.

The above information proves that the viral claim is fake.

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