{"id":101076,"date":"2021-08-21T14:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T08:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=101076"},"modified":"2021-10-21T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:42:07","slug":"facebook-post-from-2015-ascribing-false-quote-to-ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/facebook-post-from-2015-ascribing-false-quote-to-ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook post from 2015 ascribing false quote to ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have shared an image of former Bangladeshi PM Begum Khaleda Zia ascribing the alleged quote to her &#8211; &#8220;I regret the continuing of massacre of Hindus &amp; Buddhists in Bangladesh, but Bangladesh is an Islamic Nation and not Secular. Now, the Muslims are in majority here. Under the circumstances, if Hindus &amp; Buddhists want to live safely, they should either convert to Islam or go to India.&#8221; The image also has the text &#8216;This is why CAA&#8217;. It is circulating against the backdrop of the recent communal violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanghsevadarshan\/posts\/618640039493826\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanghsevadarshan\/posts\/618640039493826\"><p>\u092a\u093f\u091b\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0932 20 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u094b\u0964<br \/>\n\u092a\u095d\u093f\u090f&#8230;\u0907\u0927\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0938\u0902\u0916\u094d\u092f\u0915 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0913 \u0915\u0947 \u091f\u0948\u0915\u094d\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0948\u0938\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u094c\u091c \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u0939\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947 \u091c\u092c \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u092d\u095c\u0915\u0924\u0947&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanghsevadarshan\/\">\u0938\u094d\u0935\u092f\u0902\u0938\u0947\u0935\u0915<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanghsevadarshan\/posts\/618640039493826\">Tuesday, 19 October 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alt News has received multiple requests to verify the alleged statement. It is also widespread on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-101076 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/facebook-post-from-2015-ascribing-false-quote-to-ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-viral\/screen-shot-2021-10-21-at-6-30-33-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1209\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.30.33-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.30.33-PM.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.30.33-PM-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.30.33-PM-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.30.33-PM-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/facebook-post-from-2015-ascribing-false-quote-to-ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-viral\/screen-shot-2021-10-21-at-6-29-45-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.29.45-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.29.45-PM.png 679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.29.45-PM-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/facebook-post-from-2015-ascribing-false-quote-to-ex-bangladesh-pm-khaleda-zia-viral\/screen-shot-2021-10-21-at-6-28-50-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.28.50-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.28.50-PM.png 621w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-21-at-6.28.50-PM-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @ssingapuri had <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GK1UX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> the viral image earlier in August.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Finally Begum Khalida Zia of Bangladesh proclaims!! If Hindus Buddhist want to live safely, either convert to Islam or move to India. How frank is that? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqYopp8iXS\">pic.twitter.com\/HqYopp8iXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandy Boy \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3(Sundeep) (@ssingapuri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ssingapuri\/status\/1427888297754255362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In fact, the claim has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=I%20regret%20the%20continuing%20of%20massacre%20of%20Hindus%20%26%20Buddhists%20in%20Bangladesh&amp;sde=Abos-NV1gpoDMIaDnOXuCgYjVR00jse2fwTXvGLZA2CaCPBAVNUvoecadZzuuPKhSF7p9EfuRzxmkK7EDdDoSFrC0pH7Np7_PzJKiNzU_xGDKfxRCyDQ5_NK_ja4LayoqTNcpRzOrpo__UiW_C8DQhC0jTutoxxTZB75DlXd3rDWxpA0GvNd4DuXqeIiCa6d5_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulating on social media<\/a> for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101096 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/image-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/image-3-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/image-3-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>Readers should note if former Bangladeshi PM Begum Khaleda Zia had made this comment it would have been covered by regional and international media. No news outlet has reported that Zia made such a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Zia is associated with Bangladesh Nationalist Party. There is no party called &#8216;Bangla National Party&#8217; as mentioned in the viral image.<\/p>\n<p>The viral post was made by Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/khabar24x7\/photos\/485961394905170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khabar24x7.com<\/a> on July 20, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-101131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908-768x1128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210821_140908-1046x1536.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News looked up the domain <a href=\"https:\/\/khabar24x7.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">khabar24x7.com<\/a> and found that no such website currently exists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846.jpg 1996w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.09.30-e1629473741846-1536x1190.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1996px) 100vw, 1996px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/domainbigdata.com\/khabar24x7.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Domain Data<\/a>, the domain was created in 2014. It was last hosted on Wix.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101098 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2350\" height=\"1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05.png 2350w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05-1536x702.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.10.05-2048x936.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2350px) 100vw, 2350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-1024x414.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-1536x621.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-20-at-20.25.47-2048x828.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a false communal quote was attributed to former Bangladeshi PM Begum Khaleda Zia. The quote has been circulating on right-wing websites for several years now. The oldest we could find is from <a href=\"http:\/\/indiafacts.org\/prominent-indian-muslim-leaders-speak-about-hindus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2014<\/a>. Earlier in August, Alt News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hoardings-with-fake-quotes-attributed-to-prominent-muslims-appear-in-ups-pratapgarh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that hoardings with fake quotes attributed to prominent Muslims appeared in UP\u2019s Pratapgarh. We found that some of those quotes date back a decade on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have shared an image of former Bangladeshi PM Begum Khaleda Zia ascribing the alleged quote to her &#8211; &#8220;I regret the continuing of massacre of Hindus &amp; Buddhists in Bangladesh, but Bangladesh is an Islamic Nation and not Secular. Now, the Muslims are in majority here. 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