Repeat A Lie Often Enough And It Becomes The Truth

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 1 July 2025 “Hindu Society Will Not Tolerate Spit-Jihad Or Urine-Jihad: VHP Warns Ahead Of ‘Kanwar Yatra Symbol Of “National Unity And Harmony.” News in NAI I've been writing right from the beginning that spit-jihad and urine-jihad are Hindutva constructs of recent times. Muslims, or for that matter, no one, regardless of any faith, would ever stoop to this level as to urinate and spit on food to desecrate it. First of all, the question is: What'll one get out of it? Are Muslims so imbecile as to think that if they spit and urinate on food items and offer them to the Hindus, the religion of a Hindu will be defiled? Ridiculous, to say the least. Prior to 2014, no one ever heard of these stupid terms like spit-jihad and urine-jihad. Granted, love-jihad did exist and it had a semblance of truth to it when a few Muslim guys would indeed marry Hindu girls and then force those girls to embrace Islam. While love-jihad cannot be pooh-poohed, spit-jihad and urine-jihad are just plain lies and fabrications by the militant Hindu outfits. These terms, a play on "Love-Jihad," imply that "Thook-Jihad" and 'Peshaab-Jihad' aim to contaminate Hindus by spitting and urinating in their food. During the Covid-19 pandemic, fake videos emerged on social media showing Muslims spitting, sneezing, or licking objects to spread the virus. These videos fuelled religious polarization, with Hindu hardline accounts promoting anti-Muslim rhetoric. I read somewhere that Hindus believe that pelting with spit (as it is with stones) is an instrument of jihad. Thus, Thook Jihad is an 'essential' part of Islam because it was practised by the founder of that religion, and it is therefore a practice enjoined on his followers as a religious practice! Needless to say, this is a blatant fib. The ignorant Hindus of today think that spitting on a Kafir or on food for a Kafir keeps satanic forces at bay and, by extension, spitting on a But-Parast, an idol worshipper, is a sure means of reminding them (Hindus) of their ranking as among ‘‘the worst of created beings. " They also believe that this religious practice had evolved and expanded into bioterrorism against Hindus, to wilfully spread the coronavirus amongst them (Hindus). This makes one laugh. Hindus have gone to the extent of believing that the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib spits on women’s heads! Readers remember that when Lata Mangeshkar passed away a couple of years ago and Shah Rukh Khan went to pay his last respects to 'The Nightingale' during her last journey, he was accused of spitting at her mortal remains. It was a huge lie. Why'd Shah Rukh spit at Lata? But the problem is that even 'educated' Hindus believe that the Muslims are capable of doing all these reprehensible things and indulging in obnoxious practices. Spread these canards against a beleaguered community 24X7. Don't they say, repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth? ----- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://www.newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/lie-often-enough-truth/d/136036 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism