{"id":102844,"date":"2021-09-10T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=102844"},"modified":"2021-10-19T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:59:58","slug":"fake-quote-of-apj-abdul-kalam-madarsa-ban-muslims-terrorists-viral-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-quote-of-apj-abdul-kalam-madarsa-ban-muslims-terrorists-viral-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake quote against Muslims attributed to APJ Abdul Kalam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged statement by former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been circulating on social media along with his image. The statement reads, &#8220;Muslims are not born terrorists. They are taught the Quran in madrasas, based on which they selectively kill Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Christians, Jews, and people of other non-Islamic faiths. It is imperative to ban the thousands of madrassas running in India in order to control terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105359 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.29.13-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1428\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.29.13-AM.jpg 1428w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.29.13-AM-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.29.13-AM-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-11.29.13-AM-768x345.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News received dozens of requests on our WhatsApp number and mobile app to verify this claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-102844 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\/fake-quote-of-apj-abdul-kalam-madarsa-ban-muslims-terrorists-viral-on-social-media\/screen_shot_2021-09-08_at_11-28-07_am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1029\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/screen_shot_2021-09-08_at_11.28.07_am.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/screen_shot_2021-09-08_at_11.28.07_am.jpg 1029w, 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\u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u091a \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u093e\u092e\u093e\u091c\u093f\u0915 \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0938\u093e\u0939\u092c \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0926\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093f\u0936 \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SuSLNQjj9W\">pic.twitter.com\/SuSLNQjj9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vinod Tatiwal Official (@vinod_tatiwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinod_tatiwal\/status\/1435503464444936196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We noticed that this forward has been circulating online for many years with a picture of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Two years ago, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/sharechat.com\/post\/dd9bPvN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared widely<\/a> on ShareChat but with a different picture of Kalam. Alt News found the earliest instance of the quote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjaytiwariujala.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/musalman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014 blog post<\/a>. This blog is run by one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanjayTiwari865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanjay Tiwari<\/a> who describes himself as the founder of Ujala News Network. A quick look through his Twitter handle confirms that he is a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanjayTiwari865\/status\/454635469834182657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP supporter<\/a> and has used abusive language towards leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanjayTiwari865\/status\/454657027512336385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arvind Kejriwal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-16.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-16-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-16-768x629.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could not find any news reports corroborating the statement. It is impossible that such a controversial statement would not have garnered widespread media coverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kalam&#8217;s family clarifies the statement is fake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alt News got in touch with APJMJ Sheik Saleem to ask about the veracity of this picture. Saleem is the nephew of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and the Managing Trustee of the Abdul Kalam International Foundation (AKIF). \u201cAPJ Abdul Kalam did not make any such statement. He never made any comments about any religion,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A fake statement against the Muslim community attributed to APJ Abdul Kalam, a Muslim leader himself, has been circulating on social media for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged statement by former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been circulating on social media along with his image. The statement reads, &#8220;Muslims are not born terrorists. They are taught the Quran in madrasas, based on which they selectively kill Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Christians, Jews, and people of other non-Islamic faiths. It is imperative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":102853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-102844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake quote against Muslims attributed to APJ Abdul Kalam - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake quote against Muslims attributed to APJ Abdul Kalam - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An alleged statement by former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has been circulating on social media along with his image. 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