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“To
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Vladimir Putin “To Forgive Terrorists”
Quote-Incorrect Attribution!
Summary of eRumor:
After
Russia confirmed that ISIS terrorists had brought down a Russian plan full of
civilians, Vladimir Putin said, “To forgive terrorists is up to God, to send
them to him is up to me.”
The Truth:
Vladimir
Putin didn’t say, “To Forgive terrorists is up to God, to send them to him is
up to me.”
That
rumor started when Remi Maalouf, an anchor for the news show “Russia Today,”
attributed the fiery quote on terrorists to Vladimir Putin on Twitter. Media
outlets around the world picked up the story and also (falsely) attributed the
quote to Vladimir Putin.
Some
who were frustrated with the response of U.S. and European leaders to ISIS
terrorist attacks applauded the moxie of Vladimir Putin’s comment on
terrorists. But soon news broke that the quote had been misattributed to
Vladimir Putin on Facebook, and Remi Maalouf issued an apology for spreading
the false rumor:
And if Putin’s so-called quote sounds
familiar, you may have heard Denzel Washington say something similar in the
2004 movie “Man on Fire.” In the movie, Denzel says, “Forgiveness is between
them and God, it’s my job to arrange the meeting”:
Vladimir
Putin’s alleged quotes on Muslim extremists have gone viral in the past. A
chain email that has been circulating the web for years claims that Vladimir
Putin said “no to sharia” in a speech before the Russian Parliament, but we found that one to be
false as well.
We
did find at least one quote that Vladimir Putin actually made on terrorists,
however. During a press
conference in 1999, Putin said, “We will soak them in the toilet, pardon my
language.”
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“To
forgive the terrorists is up to god, to send them to him is up to me.”
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