I am really surprised. Resident of Qatar for 20 years but never seen the Arabs entertaining Hindu spiritual gurus. I was told that, a guru from India once came to give a lecture and a couple of top arabs wanted to learn Bhagwad Gita getting curious about Hindu Dharma. Some teen arabs were even eager to leave islam. Then and there the axe fell. Hinduism and Islam can be said to be complete converses of each other. Nothing in common. Our temples were razed by islamists for centuries. Iran supported Kashmir separatists and Pakistan. So India and Iran may share business interests mutually beneficial, but I don’t think we ever shared that kind of bonhomie. Old friends true. Persians and ancient Hindus were friends from ancient times. Not irani muslims and hindus of India. We Hindus recognize the pre-islamic Persia wherefrom zoroastrians (parsis) fled to India escaping persecution. We have nothing to do with islamic Iran barring business interests. Yet today the surprise materialized.
We don’t need Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey in BRICS. Iran itself does not make one feel comfortable. Probably the current leader sensed our uneasiness and decided to make peace. The world is aware of their dismal human rights violations. We are not here to discuss their war or to judge sides. Sorry, not a fan of Iran here. But neutral on Iran/Qatar. So long as they don’t damage us, I don’t care what they are upto. Its not our headache. Waiting for the day Al Jaze*ra is SHUT DOWN forever. Its okay, we cannot be concerning ourselves with others’ issues. Let us just look after our mutual business interests and keep the equations straight.
Saudi to Qatar to Iran, they all want to fund mosques in India but do not have a single Hindu temple in their soil. Saudi and Qatar have sizeable working/living Hindu population running into many millions. May the fossil fuel era draw to a close and a new energy age begin when we can give these people a taste of their own medicine.
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