Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and religion so it seems impossible for anyone to feel like he deserved to be assassinated right? Gandhi was assassinated by a man named Naturam Godse who claimed Gandhi to be a traitor to Muslims and to the country of Pakistan. The assassination of Gandhi was unjust because Gandhi believed in non-violence and felt that it was imperative to apply it in real life at all times. Gandhi respected all religions and found truth to all of them, including Islam which is the religion of Muslims. However, people believed he sold out to the Muslims by being a traitor because of the conflicts in India. To begin with, Gandhi believed in non-violence. He believed non-violence is the most 'primal' virtue and isn't meant to be applied for discipline, it is meant to be applied to yourself. For instance, Gandhi claimed that "the act of being violent and non-violent takes courage; like killing someone, however the act of being nonviolent takes more courage" (Beitzel 61). The meaning of this quote is that Gandhi felt that resorting to violence in any given situation may seem like the reasonable thing to do but it is not. Resorting to nonviolence takes a lot more courage, but it is not …show more content…
He believed all religions had truth to them. Gandhi despised those who wanted to persuade others to change religion. For instance, Gandhi once stated, "if I had the power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytizing" (Claerhout 54). Proselytizing means to convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. In summary, Gandhi respected all religions including religions like Christianity and Islam. Even though he had his own beliefs, he also believes that all religions had some truth to them. The fact that he respected the religion of Islam shows that his assassination was unjust; since his assassination was based on the assumption that he sold out to the