Bill Gates Supporting Muslims' Animal Sacrifice on Eid: Fact Check

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Bill Gates Tweeted Supporting Muslims’ Animal Sacrifice on Eid

I don’t want to see any tweet hating on Muslims for slaughtering animals, about 1 million animals killed each day by KFC, McDonald’s, Burger King etc. too feed the rich & making hella money out of it. During Eid Muslims sacrifice them to feed the poor for Free & y’all lose ur mind.

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జంతువుల్ని వధిస్తున్నారని ముస్లింలను అసహ్యించుకునే ట్వీట్ లను నేను ఆమోదించను. కే.ఎఫ్.సీ, మెక్ డొనాల్డ్స్, బర్గర్ కింగ్ వంటి సంస్థలు ప్రతీ రోజూ ఒక మిలియన్ జంతువుల్ని కేవలం ధనవంతుల కోసం వధించి, డబ్బు
కూడబెట్టుకుంటున్నాయి. ఈద్ సందర్భంగా ముస్లింలు జిబహ్ చేసే జంతువుల మాంసం పేదలకు ఉచితంగా పంచబడుతుంది అనే వాస్తవం మీరు తెలుసుకోవాలి

– బిల్ గేట్స్

Fact Check:

A picture message in circulation on social media platforms purports to show Bill Gates Supporting Muslims’ Animal Sacrifice on Eid festival. Accordingly, Bill Gates does not want to see any tweet hating Muslims for slaughtering animals during Eid, saying they do it to feed the poor. No, the claims are not true – Bill Gates did not post any such tweet supporting animal sacrifice on Eid.

Origin of Claim: Bill Gates Supporting Animal Sacrifice on Eid

A screenshot of the alleged Twitter message from Bill Gates is circulating widely on Twitter, Facebook and also WhatsApp. On 10th August 2019, Twitter user Kurdistani @WolfieBabiee posted the message in question, garnering popularity. On 14th August, another user Enver Baig @SenatorEB17 shared a screenshot of the alleged Twitter message of Bill Gates on Animal sacrifice. He appreciated Bill Gates for his ‘tweet’; hoping people around the world will understand Islam is a religion of peace and harmony.

I don’t want to see any tweet hating on Muslims for slaughtering animals, about 1 million animals killed each day by KFC, McDonalds, Burger King etc. too feed the rich & making hella money out of it. During Eid Muslims sacrifice them to feed the poor for Free & y’all lose ur mind
— Kurdistani (@WolfieBabiee) August 10, 2019

Your tweet is highly appreciated hope people around the world understand ISLAM, which is a religion of peace n harmony.@BillGates @realDonaldTrump @narendramodi @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/uHesj0PP1B
— Enver Baig (@SenatorEB17) August 14, 2019

Sacrificing dear domestic animals like cattle is part of Islamic religious practice during Eid al-adha. The family retains one-third of the animal meat, giving another third to relatives, friends and neighbors, and the remaining third is given to the poor and needy.

No Such Tweet

Despite the popularity of the message, we did not find any such message on Twitter account of Bill Gates @BillGates. If Bill Gates tweeted anything about Eid or slaughtering/sacrifice of animals, it would have easily made into mainstream news. That suggests the picture message – in improper English – is just a Photoshop creation. It reminds us of an old hoax message showing a Photoshop picture of Bill Gates claiming he is giving away $5000 for a Facebook share.

Bill Gates $5,000 Giveaway for Facebook share Hoax

So, the picture messages claiming to show Bill Gates’ tweet supporting Muslims’ Animal Sacrifice on Eid festival are just hoaxes. That however did not stop many from sharing it on social media circles.