evidence: The mob lynching of Waris Ali, a man accused of blasphemy in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, is going viral with claims that he was a man of Christian faith. BOOM found that these claims are false, and a spokesperson from the Nankana Sahib police station confirmed that Waris Ali was Muslim. On February 11, 2023, a mob stormed the Nankana Sahib police station after a man accused of blasphemy was held in custody there. According to Reuters, Waris Ali was taken into custody after a mob attacked him for desecrating the Quran, a serious offence in Pakistan. The mob brought Waris Ali out of custody, and proceeded to beat him to death and tried to set him ablaze. [...] Amid this, the video of a man set ablaze by an angry mob is going viral as the video from this incident. It is also being shared with the claim that Waris Ali was Christian. The caption reads, "Another day, another #blasphemy lynching. Its #NankanaSahib the Mecca for Sikhs. A Christian Waris Issa, arrested for alleged desecration of Quran. Mad mob attacked Police Station, beat him, stripped him naked, dragged in the streets & set him on fire! Chanting ALLAH-O-AKBAR."