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“Author Salman Rushdie made these damaging comments on Muslims – β€œπ‘΄π’–π’”π’π’Šπ’Žπ’”, π’˜π’‰π’†π’•π’‰π’†π’“ π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’π’Šπ’—π’† π’Šπ’ π‘·π’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’”π’•π’‚π’ 𝒐𝒓 π‘°π’π’…π’Šπ’‚, π‘΅π’Šπ’ˆπ’†π’“π’Šπ’‚ 𝒐𝒓 π‘Ίπ’šπ’“π’Šπ’‚, π’˜π’‰π’†π’•π’‰π’†π’“ π’•π’‰π’†π’š 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓 π’“π’Šπ’„π’‰, π’Šπ’π’π’Šπ’•π’†π’“π’‚π’•π’† 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’π’π’π’š π’ˆπ’π’‚π’ π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒐 π’…π’†π’”π’•π’“π’π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’π’π’† π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’ƒπ’š π’•π’†π’“π’“π’π’“π’Šπ’”π’Ž, π’ƒπ’π’Žπ’ƒ 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔, π’‘π’π’‘π’–π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’†π’™π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’π’, π’“π’Šπ’π’•π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‹π’Šπ’‰π’‚π’… π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 π‘°π’”π’π’‚π’Ž.”
Social media posts Claim dated 13 Aug 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Salman Rushdie, through a tweet, clarified that he never made any such comments about Muslims. Moreover, there is no mention of any such comments in his books, interviews, and speeches regarding this

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 13 August 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 August 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.

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