{"id":37422,"date":"2019-05-29T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=37422"},"modified":"2019-05-29T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:57:30","slug":"99-muslims-are-terrorists-by-thought-fake-quote-ascribed-to-salman-rushdie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/99-muslims-are-terrorists-by-thought-fake-quote-ascribed-to-salman-rushdie\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;99% Muslims are terrorists by thought&#8221;: Fake quote ascribed to Salman Rushdie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201c\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f, \u0905\u0928\u092a\u095d \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924, \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u0905\u092e\u0940\u0930 99% \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u094b\u091a \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0964\u201d (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- translation).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The above quotation has been attributed to celebrated author Salman Rushdie. Circulated along with a picture of Rushdie, the quote has been shared on social media and messaging platforms. Some WhatsApp users contacted Alt News seeking verification of the quote in question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/rushdie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/rushdie.png 727w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/rushdie-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/rushdie-130x86.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The quote has been shared widely on both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=285520295734756&amp;id=100028303621503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=99%20%25%20%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">&#8220;99 % \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u094b\u091a \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902&#8221; &#8211; \u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0926\u0940 \u0964*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tikam nariani (@tikam53) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tikam53\/status\/1128871901940527104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Fake quotation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The quotation attributed to Salman Rushdie is fake. The same statement had been circulated earlier as well. Alt News checked the Twitter profile of Salman Rushdie and found that this quote had been debunked by Rushdie himself, way back in 2015, wherein he had quote-tweeted a user, Lucy Wolf, saying, <em>&#8220;Thank you for finding the source of this fake quote that people can&#8217;t seem to stop quoting to justify their own bigotry.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucyGoesHard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LucyGoesHard<\/a> Thank you for finding the source of this fake quote that people can&#8217;t seem to stop quoting to justify their own bigotry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalmanRushdie\/status\/574093901549682688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite being debunked by Salman Rushdie himself in 2015, the fake quotation continues to be shared in his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f, \u0905\u0928\u092a\u095d \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924, \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c \u0939\u094b \u092f\u093e \u0905\u092e\u0940\u0930 99% \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u094b\u091a \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0964\u201d (Be they Pakistani or Indian, illiterate or educated, poor or rich, 99% Muslims are terrorists by thought, even if they make a show of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":37429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-37422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-quotes"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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