“Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Prayer-meeting remark, 25 December 1947 (re Somnath temple debate), paraphrased in Rajmohan Gandhi, Revenge and Reconciliation, p. 237.
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Preserved as a paraphrase from the 1947 Somnath debate, this reflects a demand Gandhi pressed on every community, Hindus included: reconciliation only starts when each side can name the wrongs done in its own name, rather than endlessly cataloguing what was done to it.
When to use it
- Two feuding branches of a family finally each name the hurt their own side caused instead of only listing grievances against the other.
- A company reviewing a failed launch asks each team to own its share of the mistakes before anyone points a finger outward.
- Neighbors ending a long boundary dispute each admit where they overstepped, which is what finally lets the talk move forward.