“Video shows Rahul Gandhi saying that Mahatma Gandhi picked up non-violence from Islam”
What FACTLY found
t is a clipped video. In the full video, it can be seen that Rahul Gandhi mentions several sources (‘from our great religions, from our great teachers……from ancient Indian philosophy, from Islam, from Christianity, from Judaism, from every great religion, where it is clearly written that violence will not help anyone achieve anything’) from where Mahatma Gandhi has picked up the idea of non-violence
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 March 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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.