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DATA ROUNDUP ![\\"\\"](\\" Hindutva-Western-Philosophers_thumbnail-702x336.jpg\\") English, Fake News # There is no evidence to show that these lines about Hindutva or Islam were made by these prominent people 0 By Abhishek Mandadi on February 8, 2022 * A A A Twitter Facebook Reddit A post is being widely shared on social media claiming that these were nine quotes purportedly made by Western Philosophers. These quotes state the greatness of Hindus, Hindutva, and Hinduism. Some other social media posts (here and here) shared similar quotes about Islam allegedly made by the same people as mentioned in the post. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post. ![\\"\\"](\\" Hindutva-Western-Philosophers_post.jpg\\") ![\\"\\"](\\" Hindutva-Western-Philosophers_image1.jpg\\") > Claim: Nine quotes about Hindutva or Islam by Western Philosophers. > > Fact: There is no evidence to conclude that these quotations were made by > these prominent people. In fact, the word ‘Hindutva’ had come into > prominence after VD Savarkar’s “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?” which was > published in 1923; by which time, Leo Tolstoy and Nostradamus were already > dead. We also could not find any evidence that any of these people made such > remarks about Islam. Some of the people mentioned have never spoken about > themselves being very religious. It would be unlikely that they would have > such extreme views about any religion. Hence, the claim made in the post is > FALSE. We could not find any evidence that any of these people made such remarks about Hindutva, Hindus, and Hinduism. In fact, the word ‘Hindutva’ had come into prominence after VD Savarkar’s “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?” which was published in 1923; by which time, Leo Tolstoy and Nostradamus were already dead. We also could not find any evidence that any of these people made such remarks about Islam. Some of the people mentioned have never talked about themselves being very religious. It would be unlikely that they would have such extreme views about any religion. In fact, in 1938, a British Muslim organisation protested some writings of HG Wells as there were references to Prophet Muhammad. To sum it up, there is no evidence to show that these lines about Hindutva or Islam were quoted by these prominent people. ![\\"Factly\\"](\\" WhatsApp-channel-minified-scaled.jpeg\\") Share. Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email __Previous ArticleUnrelated videos are being falsely shared as people attacking UP Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma Next Article __బీజేపీ ప్రచార వాహనం మట్టిలో ఇరుక్కుపోయిన ఈ వీడియో ఉత్తరాఖండ్‌కు సంబంధించింది; ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్‌లో తీసింది కాదు ### About Author ![\\"\\"](\\" Abhishek Mandadi ### Related Posts Kenyan government is not using Maasai tribe men for imposing social ... ఢిల్లీలో జరిగిన శివ గుర్జర్‌ అనే వ్యక్తి హత్యకు సంబంధించి మతపరమైన కో... కర్ణాటకలోని చిక్కోడిలో పాకిస్తాన్ జెండాలను ఎగురవేశారంటూ ప్రచారంలో ఉన... 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