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Who Are The Chosen People?

Different interpretations aside. The Quran says: "You [Muslims] are the best ummah [nation] brought out for Mankind.”  [3:110]. The Jews believe that they are the ‘chosen people’. The Torah says: “ Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me from all the peoples, for all the earth is mine.” Exodus 19:5. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair: “ The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.” Resignation speech , May 2007 The richest 1% alone capture nearly 25% of world GDP, according to the World Inequality Database.  That’s more than the GDP of 169 countries combined , including Norway, Argentina, all of the Middle East and the entire continent of Africa.  They are THE CHOSEN PEOPLE .
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A Passage Speaking on Behalf of Many Westerners Today

Ariz and Fielding: "Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. ·'It's what I want. It's what you want."  But the horses didn't want it-they swerved apart; the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temples, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they issued from the gap. and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices, " No, not yet," and the sky said, "No, not there." — E. M. Forster, A Passage to India , New York, Har­court, Brace & Co., 1952, p. 322.
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