Mahatma Gandhi, 25 December 1947, in reaction to a Urdu poem protesting against the planned rebuilding of the Somnath temple and calling for "a new Ghaznavi to avenge the renovation of the Somnath temple", quoted by Rajmohan Gandhi: Revenge and Reconciliation, p. 237 and quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa.
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Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule.
— Mahatma Gandhi on Somnath temple
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule." in the context of "Mahatma Gandhi, 25 December 1947, in reaction to a Urdu poem protesting against the planned rebuilding of the Somnath temple and calling for "a new Ghaznavi to avenge the renovation of the Somnath temple", quoted by Rajmohan Gandhi: Revenge and Reconciliation, p. 237 and quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Somnath temple" (Quotes)
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