All of them have in common that they reject nationalism. Look at the recently radicalized Turkish/Bosnian/Albanian in Europe. These people always had contact with Salafist Arab Muslims supporting pan-Islamist ideas (of terror organizations) before heading towards Syria.
One word: Khawarij....It is a fitna. You should not perceive that Nationalism is good just because an evil person/organistation oppose it. Just to make you understand, Al-Qaida, Daesh also opposes Shirk. What should we do?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawarij
Surah al-Hujurat - Verse 13
يَا أيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَاُنثَی وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أتْقَاكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
13. O people! We have created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most honorable of you with Allah is that [one] who fears Allah. Indeed, Allah is Omniscient, All-Aware.
The Islamic faith rejects all racial, political, ethnological, tribal, geographical, economic, intellectual, cultural, social, and military segregations and places fear of God as the standard for distinction between virtues and vice;
(“Indeed, the most honorable of you with Allah is that [one] who fears Allah”).
The preceding Verses were addressed to believers by the phrase:
“O people!”
It is worthy of note that numerous Qur’anic Verses deal with factors leading ‘believing community’ to perils and forbids people from the same. The blessed Verse in question addresses the members of the human society and thus expresses the most significant principle guaranteeing discipline and stability and the true standard of human values against false values.
The blessed Verse is saying:
“O people! We have created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another.”
‘Creation of mankind from a male and a female’
indicates tracing the genealogy of mankind to Adam and Eve. Therefore, all mankind spring from the same root and taking pride in terms of genealogy and tribe is meaningless.
God Almighty created different characteristics for tribes for the maintenance of social order, since such different characteristics indentify men without which identification of people and thereby maintenance of social order in human society may not be established and chaos would encompass human society.
Taking pride in ancestors and tribes predominant was the most significant source of honor and pride in the age of ignorance.
In Islam, all outward and material privileges are invalidated and the true standard of values is determined by fear of God saying that it is solely through fear of God that one may attain to closeness to God Almighty and the threshold of his sanctity. Fear of God is a spiritual and inward quality whose permanence in the heart and soul should precede any other quality. Besides, many people pretend to have the quality in question but only few people possess the same.
https://www.al-islam.org/enlighteni...-hujurat-chapter-49#surah-al-hujurat-verse-13
This was searched on google and can be wrong. Please ask an Islamic Scholar to study the Ayat.
Unfortunately, we do not understand Quran properly and interpret it ourselves. Let me give you an example: In Pakistan, their are pashtuns(pathans), Punjabis, Sindhi and are ethnically(also racially,by language,by color) different. We can easily be stated as different tribes. Does that mean all should divide into a different country? I will confess that I am not a religious scholar and will refrain to discuss the matters in which I do not have adequate knowledge. But I will request you to study the Quran from an Imam and ask him for the correct interpretation and background.
All depends on how you define nationalism. Being proud of technological and scientific progress of your nation is a very Islamic sentiment because you're exploring Allah's creation as a community/group -> this is also a form of being "pious". Racism on the other hand is indeed haram.
Being proud of your Nation's prosperity is Patriotism. It is the Love for your motherland. While a nationalist will always think his/her country is superior than the others. A I said before, a nationalist is always a patriot but a patriot is not always a nationalist.
In his classic essay on the topic
George Orwell distinguishes nationalism from
patriotism, which he defines as devotion to a particular place. Nationalism, more abstractly, is "power-hunger tempered by
self-deception."
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For Orwell, the nationalist is more likely than not dominated by irrational negative impulses:
There are, for example, Trotskyists who have become simply enemies of the U.S.S.R. without developing a corresponding loyalty to any other unit. When one grasps the implications of this, the nature of what I mean by nationalism becomes a good deal clearer. A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist—that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating—but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs and humiliations. He sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the upgrade and some hated rival is on the downgrade. But finally, it is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. The nationalist does not go on the principle of simply ganging up with the strongest side. On the contrary, having picked his side, he persuades himself that it is the strongest and is able to stick to his belief even when the facts are overwhelmingly against him.
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The Quran has explicitly rejected the basis of nationalism, and states that language, colour and race are no criteria for unity and privilege. The only criteria are
belief and virtue. A common ideology is the basis of the unity of the Islamic ummah, not race, country, language or even culture. The goal of nationalism is to create national units, whereas the goal of Islam is universal unity. To nationalism what matters the most is loyalty and attachment to the homeland, whereas to
Islam, it is God and religion. Nationalism gives authenticity to
geographical boundaries, whereas Islam negates them.
I am a Muslim and a Pakistan born citizen. I believe that my culture is that of Islam and not what my ancestors or previous traditions brought me. Basant, The Indus Valley Civilization, all Taxila,Harappa, Moenjo Daro is not my Identity or origin or history. Islam Is.
You know where this thread will go by replying to that post.
@Azlan Haider @LA se Karachi
I agree. This is a long debate. It will be tiresome.
