Haruna,

My opinion is this: Nationalism steathily anchored in racism,
ethnicism and tribalism is still rife. You only have to look at Andy
Griffin of British National Party, Jean Marie Le Pen of Natoinal
Front(France) and their ilk to see some glaring examples of abhorent
nationalism at work. Check this article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/08/far-right-european-parliament

Edi


On 06/09/2009, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So Bilal, I gather a Tribalist or one who sows seeds of internecine discord
> CANNOT be MUSLIM. Is that true??? I wonder. The reason why Abu-Dawud
> suggests a linkage between Tribalism and Nationalism was that in those days,
> tribes formed nations. That was before the necessity of Islam to bring
> nations closer together and grow her ranks. SO apparently Gaddafi and Jammeh
> are stuck in the past trying to live the present in usurious abandon.
> Haruna. Clarify Bilal. Thanx.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edi Jah <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sat, Sep 5, 2009 7:17 am
> Subject: Fwd: Daily Hadith: Nationalism
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>
> Nationalism
>
> asul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He is not one of us
> ho calls for asabiyyah, (tribalism/nationalism) or who fights for
> sabiyyah, or who dies for asabiyyah.” [Abu Dawud]
> On one occasion during the time of the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa
> allam), a party of Jews conspired to bring about disunity in the
> anks of the Muslims after seeing the Aus and Khazraj harmonious with
> ach other within Islam. A youth from among them was sent to incite
> emembrance of the battle of Bu'ath, where the Aus had been victorious
> ver the Khazraj. He recited poetry to stir their feelings, remind
> hem of their past differences, and bring about division between them.
> s a result there was a call to arms. When the news reached the
> essenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) he said, "O Muslims,
> emember Allah, remember Allah. Will you act as pagans while I am
> resent=2
> 0among you, after Allah has guided you to Islam, and honoured
> ou thereby and made a clean break with paganism; delivered you
> hereby from disbelief; and made you friends thereby?" When they heard
> his they wept and embraced each other. [The Roots of Nationalism In
> he Muslim World]
> Islam is a religion that abhors racism, ethnicism, tribalism, and its
> ewer version, nationalism. Differences of language, colour, cuisine
> nd accent were meant to add flavour to life, not to be used to
> idicule or fight each other. The past couple of centuries have seen
> ars between different ethnic groups on a scale unprecedented before.
> he rise of nationalism has resulted in bitter conflict between groups
> hat had lived for centuries in harmony. It has set the world on fire
> nd resulted in pandaemonium.
> While Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prohibited nationalism, Muslims
> re killing one another and aiding non-Muslims to kill their brothers
> nd sisters in Islam, in the name of saving their own "country". This
> s despite the fact that such "countries" have no legitimacy in
> llah's eyes for the reasons that 1) in none of these is Allah's law
> eld wholly superior to man made law, and 2) there is only one country
> o which all Muslims belong, i.e. Dar-ul-Islam. Muslims, for thirteen
> enturies were one bloc, under one leadership, in the name of Allah
> subhana wa ta'ala). When you cut an elephant into 100 pieces you
> on't get one hundred elephants, instead you get a bloody mess.
> ncited against each other using nationalism, this is what the Muslim
> m
> mah has become.
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