The core claim is not accurate.
Nepal’s Muslim population is about 5% (2021 census: 5.09%), and most live in the southern Terai plains (Madhesh, Lumbini, etc.), not the northern Himalayan valleys hit by the August 2026 flood.
The disaster was a glacial collapse that sent a debris surge down the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli river system through Rasuwa, Nuwakot and nearby mountain districts. Confirmed deaths are in the hundreds (roughly 730–750 in Nepal plus a smaller number in Tibet), with thousands missing—not 50,000 and not the erasure of an entire city.
The video shows a strong muddy current near buildings and a minaret-like structure. That does not prove the flood “calmed” only around Muslim areas or that no mosque, house, or Muslim was affected. Geography, not religion, explains why Muslim-majority southern districts were not the main impact zone. Similar “spared mosque/house” clips circulating around this event have often turned out to be older footage from Pakistan or other floods.
Your opinion mixes a correct population statistic with an exaggerated death toll and a religious interpretation that the location of the flood does not support.
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