A quote attributed to noted writer Salman Rushdie has been making rounds on social media according to which he had said: “Be they Pakistani or Indian, illiterate or educated, poor or rich, 99% Muslims are terrorists by thought, even if they make a show of brotherhood.”
The text in Hindi read: “मुसलमान चाहे पाकिस्तानी हो या भारतीय, अनपढ़ हो या सुशिक्षित, गरीब हो या अमीर 99% मुसलमान सोच से कट्टर आतंकवादी ही होते हैं, चाहे वह भाईचारे का कितना ही दिखावा करे।”
*(3)99 % मुसलमान सोच से कट्टर आतंकवादी ही होते हैं चाहे वह भाईचारे का कितना ही दिखावा करें”-सलमान रुश्दी ।*
*(4) आतंकवादी कुरआन का गलत अर्थ नहीं निकाल रहे,जो लोग मानते हैं कि कोई भी धर्म गलत नहीं सिखाता उन्होंने कुरआन कभी पढी ही नहीं,कुरआन ही आतंकवाद की जड़ है” – तसलीमा नसरीन* pic.twitter.com/3QweC3GuI8— चौकिदार ajad bharat (@ajad106) May 28, 2019
ALSO READ: No! Jawaharlal Nehru is not taking a dip during Kumbh
“99 % मुसलमान सोच से कट्टर आतंकवादी ही होते हैं चाहे वह भाईचारे का कितना ही दिखावा करें” – सलमान रुश्दी ।*
— tikam nariani (@tikam53) May 16, 2019
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, we found that Salman Rushdie never said what has been claimed.
We scanned Rushdie’s verified Twitter handle and found a tweet dated March 7th, 2015 in which he clarified that the quote attributed to him is FAKE.
ALSO READ: Dr Ambedkar’s picture was never on $100 note; here’s the fact…
.@LucyGoesHard Thank you for finding the source of this fake quote that people can’t seem to stop quoting to justify their own bigotry.
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) March 7, 2015
Hence, this proves that the above claim about the author is FAKE.
If you want to fact-check any story, WhatsApp it now on +91 88268 00707
