“I'm going to Hell! I killed a child! I smashed his head against a...”

Nahari

I'm going to Hell! I killed a child! I smashed his head against a wall.

Gandhi

Why?

Nahari

Because they killed my son! The Muslims killed my son!

Gandhi

I know a way out of Hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father was killed and raise him as your own. Only be sure that he is a Muslim and that you raise him as one.

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