Recently, a video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the Indian diaspora in Dubai has been revived on social media with the claim that he said, Mahatma Gandhi picked up the concept of non-violence from Islam. Rahul Gandhi, the youth icon of the Congress party, is always surrounded by controversy due to his quick parts in the debates or his speeches. He always makes it to the top and his constant difference in views provokes many.
In the video, Gandhi can be heard saying, “Mahatma Gandhiji picked up the idea of non-violence from our great religions, from our great teachers. Mahatma Gandhiji picked up the idea of non-violence from ancient Indian philosophy, from Islam.”
However, a full version of his speech shows that the viral clip has been cut short to edit out the part where he goes on to refer to multiple religions and not just Islam.
Netizens are sharing this video with the caption claiming, ‘Rahul Gandhi said that Mahatma Gandhi picked non-violence from Islam’. The caption says, “Ridiculous Gyaan from Rahul Gandhi : Mahatma Gandhi picked up the IDEA of “NON VIOLENCE” from “IsIam”.
The full-length video was uploaded on the verified YouTube channel of the Indian National Congress on January 11, 2019.
At around 24:24 of a 27 minutes 37 seconds long video, one can hear Rahul making the viral remarks. However, in the full video, Gandhi can be heard saying, “Mahatma Gandhiji picked up the idea of non-violence from our great religions, from our great teachers. Mahatma Gandhiji picked up the idea of non-violence from ancient Indian philosophy, from Islam, from Christianity, from Judaism, from great religion where it is clearly written that violence will not help anyone achieve anything. Hence, in the full speech, Rahul Gandhi spoke about all the prominent religions of the world, including Christianity, Judaism for inspiring Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence policy, but the last bit of the video was edited to portray Rahul praised Islam saying it inspired Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence policy.
Clearly, miscreants have edited out the last bit of Gandhi’s statement to make it appear as though he was crediting the idea of non-violence to Islam.
