Did India Vote Against Sanity in the Middle-East?
Last week, India voted against President Trump’s decision to recognize the fact — Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. In doing so, India missed an opportunity to share with the UN the tragic lessons the sub-continent learned from the failed Two-State theory — India and Pakistan.
Partitioning the sub-continent along religious lines killed a million people, made ten million homeless, forced India to intervene militarily to break-up Pakistan. It created two nuclear enemies spending billions in mindless arms race, breeding terrorism, and dividing and brutalizing Kashmir.
Ottoman rule over Palestine turned a land into desert that once flowed with milk and honey. Ancient Middle-East used wheels: Once Islam took over, the wheel disappeared. Medieval pilgrims who went to Jerusalem were surprised that ordinary people did not use wheels. Why? A cart is costly. It cannot be concealed. It is easily confiscated when a local strongman needs it in a culture without rule of law.
Petroleum has produced wealth and glittering cities. Yet, all that glitters is not gold. By themselves Islam and political independence do not equal peace and prosperity.
Palestinian Muslims and Christians should invite Jews to settle in their lands and learn from them how to transform desert into garden.
Muslims, Christians, and Jews need to learn how to live together to become a Great Nation under a just law. They need the spiritual resources to love their neighbors as themselves.
UN needs to give up its failed, obsolete ideas. No Muslim should be condemned to live under corrupt and brutal leaders just because they are Muslims. Everyone should have the freedom to live in Israel as citizens with equal dignity, rights, and freedom to choose their own faith… And capital.
Prof Vishal Mangalwadi directs the Centre for Human Resource Development in a Unversity in North India. He has authored 20 books and lectured in 40 countries. His exposition of Indian philosophy and Western thought and culture In books such as “The World of Gurus”, and “The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization” are studied at university level.
Trending Now on Affluent Christian Investor
Those Who Choose Security Over Liberty Deserve Neither – And Will Get Neither
Social Security Won’t Go Bankrupt — It Will Just Cut Your Benefits!
Another Billionaire Bites The Invisible Hand That Feeds Him
Tucker Joins Bernie And AOC In Attacking Free Market System Again
Joe Biden And Even Many Top GOP Officials Have Major Ties To Chinese Money
There Are Two Americas
What This Washington Post Journalist Learned After 544 Days In An Iranian Prison
Universal Basic Income Has Already Been Tried: Here’s What Happened
When The Fed Creates Money, Who Gets It?
Illegal Immigration Fight Is About Election Fraud – Not Racism
How Dumb are Trump Voters?
Socialism Is Not About Sharing – It’s About Killing
We’re Called Not To Reflect, But To Refract Him In The Marketplace
Why Billy Graham and I Read Revelation Differently
Nude is Natural: Should Clothing be Optional?
The Dream That Changed Europe
The Theology Of The Liberty Bell
Follow Us
The Affluent Mix
Those Who Choose Security Over Liberty Deserve Neither – And Will Get Neither... June 17, 2019 | Jim Huntzinger
Social Security Won’t Go Bankrupt — It Will Just Cut Your Benefits!... June 17, 2019 | Daniel McLaughlin
There Are Two Americas June 17, 2019 | Frank Vernuccio
Biblical Economics & Finance: Balancing Investment & Consumption... June 17, 2019 | Jerry Bowyer
Illegal Immigration Fight Is About Election Fraud – Not Racism... June 14, 2019 | Frank Vernuccio
New York’s Disastrous Single-Payer Healthcare Plan... June 14, 2019 | Daniel McLaughlin
Biblical Economics & Finance: An Introduction To Wealth... June 14, 2019 | Jerry Bowyer
How Christian Individualism Rebuilt The World Economy After WWII... June 14, 2019 | Jim Huntzinger
How I Nailed The May Payroll Bust June 14, 2019 | David Goldman
When The Fed Creates Money, Who Gets It? June 14, 2019 | Roger McKinney
Tucker Joins Bernie And AOC In Attacking Free Market System Again... June 3, 2019 | Roger McKinney
The Managers Who Rebuilt After WWII Understood Why Government Is A Growth Drag... June 3, 2019 | Jim Huntzinger
We’re Called Not To Reflect, But To Refract Him In The Marketplace... June 3, 2019 | Kevin Cullis
Conservative Arguments Against Huawei Contradict What Conservatives Used To Beli... June 3, 2019 | John Tamny
Another Billionaire Bites The Invisible Hand That Feeds Him... May 28, 2019 | Roger McKinney
Joe Biden And Even Many Top GOP Officials Have Major Ties To Chinese Money... May 28, 2019 | Frank Vernuccio
What Does Jesus Teach About Investing? May 28, 2019 | Jerry Bowyer
AOC’s Green New Deal Worked, It Shifted The Overton Window... May 28, 2019 | Daniel McLaughlin
John The Baptist’s Warning To Greedy Government... May 28, 2019 | Kevin Cullis
The Theology Of The Liberty Bell May 28, 2019 | Jim Huntzinger
Universal Basic Income Has Already Been Tried: Here’s What Happened... May 20, 2019 | Frank Vernuccio
Higher Education Doesn’t Cause Higher Earnings... May 20, 2019 | Daniel McLaughlin
Join the conversation!
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, vulgarity, profanity, all caps, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain a courteous and useful public environment where we can engage in reasonable discourse.