{"id":61090,"date":"2020-03-16T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=61090"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:12:40","slug":"fake-messages-claiming-himalaya-founder-funds-terrorists-viral-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-messages-claiming-himalaya-founder-funds-terrorists-viral-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake messages claiming Himalaya founder funds terrorists viral on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a man has been shared on social media with the claim that he is &#8220;the owner of Himalaya Ayurvedic products, Mohammed Menal&#8221;. The man is being accused of donating 10% of his income to &#8220;jihadists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ne\">\u092c\u093e\u092f\u0915\u093e\u091f \u0915\u0930\u094b \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928\u093f\u092f\u094b, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BB3QlFYmJO\">pic.twitter.com\/BB3QlFYmJO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930, \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0937\u094d\u0920 (@REAL___HINDUVT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REAL___HINDUVT\/status\/1364046923779297283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The tweet below by @REAL___HINDUVT garnered over 2,600 likes and close to 1,300 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ne\">\u092c\u093e\u092f\u0915\u093e\u091f \u0915\u0930\u094b \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928\u093f\u092f\u094b, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BB3QlFYmJO\">pic.twitter.com\/BB3QlFYmJO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930, \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0937\u094d\u0920 (@REAL___HINDUVT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REAL___HINDUVT\/status\/1364046923779297283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is also massively circulating on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87035 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f995a388-aae6-4845-9fcd-e84518b63d51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f995a388-aae6-4845-9fcd-e84518b63d51.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f995a388-aae6-4845-9fcd-e84518b63d51-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Viral since last year<\/h4>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_Bannaji\/status\/1234494346927443970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bharat Sanghvi<\/a>, who is followed by prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, had tweeted the photo with the accompanying claim in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61100 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/49f2d354-5298-4417-b809-0b9ae397ecf5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/49f2d354-5298-4417-b809-0b9ae397ecf5.png 586w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/49f2d354-5298-4417-b809-0b9ae397ecf5-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satynistha\/status\/1238137624180568066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Akash RSS<\/a> also shared the post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61101 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/e771a2a4-c84b-48cc-98aa-92f806d9e945.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/e771a2a4-c84b-48cc-98aa-92f806d9e945.png 438w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/e771a2a4-c84b-48cc-98aa-92f806d9e945-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_Bannaji\/status\/1234494346927443970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Read_Bannaji<\/a>\u00a0wrote that Himalaya Drug Company should be avoided by all Hindus since its founder Mohammed Menal is a Muslim and Muslims donate 10% of their income to &#8220;terrorists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>[Hindi tweet &#8211; &#8220;\u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913 \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928 \u0939\u0948 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u0939\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0932\u092f\u0928 \u0915\u0902\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940\u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0901\u0915\u093f \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0915 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0932 (\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e) \u0939\u0948\u2026\u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0906\u092f \u0915\u093e 10% \u091c\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0965&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61102 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/1aebacdc-917f-4525-959b-b103c99527fd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/1aebacdc-917f-4525-959b-b103c99527fd.png 444w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/1aebacdc-917f-4525-959b-b103c99527fd-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse-image search of the man&#8217;s photograph reveals that he is not the founder of Himalaya Drug Company. A 2016 article in <a href=\"https:\/\/brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/business-of-brands\/himalaya-forays-into-mother-care-segment\/54426470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economic Times<\/a>\u00a0identified him as Philipe Haydon, the CEO of the company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61103 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f4f3324c-d0ea-4389-beb4-ac88c024cc24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f4f3324c-d0ea-4389-beb4-ac88c024cc24.png 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/f4f3324c-d0ea-4389-beb4-ac88c024cc24-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The founder of Himalaya Drug Company is not Mohammed Menal but Mohammad &#8216;Manal&#8217;. The company website states that &#8216;M Manal&#8217; found the company in 1930 in Uttarakhand&#8217;s Dehradun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/6e757de6-3632-402c-84d8-758792e08c7d-990x573.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manal passed away in 1986. Therefore, the claim that he has been giving away 10% of his income to &#8220;jihadists&#8221; does not hold water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61105 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1098\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568.png 1098w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568-768x227.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/db981eae-ac02-4cea-974f-56035bd60568-990x292.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Himalaya Drug Company called out the misinformation on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s47SNxBFyn\">pic.twitter.com\/s47SNxBFyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Himalaya India (@HimalayaIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HimalayaIndia\/status\/1238470171754283008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A photograph of the CEO of Himalaya Drug Company has been used to falsely claim that he is the founder, Mohammed Manal, who donates a part of his income to fund terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a man has been shared on social media with the claim that he is &#8220;the owner of Himalaya Ayurvedic products, Mohammed Menal&#8221;. 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