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**Flistelib** · 02-20-2007, 12:10 PM

There is absolutely no room for flag waving in the house of Allah SWT. Whether it be the flag of a Muslim country or non-Muslim country. Nationalism is one (not the only) of the factors that has led to the decline of this ummah. History is a testament to the fact that when this concept was introduced in the Muslim world, we were already in a state of decline, and we were decieved into believing that it would alleviate us from the hole that we were in, but it only pushed us down even further. In Islam itself, there is no justified struggle to defend ones nation, only to defend ones faith.

This does not mean that we do not pay taxes or work towards bettering the society that we are living in. Infact, this was the paragon of what made Muslim Spain what it was. Europeans from all over were stuck in the dark ages of western civilization, and were astonished with the things that they saw when they passed through Spain, such as roads, and clean running water, and hospitals. If you ever get the chance to, watch the documentary "Empire of Faith" (its a 3 part series, so watch part II to learn more about this).

I'm not a historian, nor a scholar, so click on this link below to see what the ulema have to say about nationalism etc.

http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=6403

I could not find anything from sunnipath, so let me know if anybody else finds any other articles from scholars and ulema on this issue. Wassalam.

02-20-2007, 12:10 PM	#16
Flistelib Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 359 Senior Member	There is absolutely no room for flag waving in the house of Allah SWT. Whether it be the flag of a Muslim country or non-Muslim country. Nationalism is one (not the only) of the factors that has led to the decline of this ummah. History is a testament to the fact that when this concept was introduced in the Muslim world, we were already in a state of decline, and we were decieved into believing that it would alleviate us from the hole that we were in, but it only pushed us down even further. In Islam itself, there is no justified struggle to defend ones nation, only to defend ones faith. This does not mean that we do not pay taxes or work towards bettering the society that we are living in. Infact, this was the paragon of what made Muslim Spain what it was. Europeans from all over were stuck in the dark ages of western civilization, and were astonished with the things that they saw when they passed through Spain, such as roads, and clean running water, and hospitals. If you ever get the chance to, watch the documentary "Empire of Faith" (its a 3 part series, so watch part II to learn more about this). I'm not a historian, nor a scholar, so click on this link below to see what the ulema have to say about nationalism etc. http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=6403 I could not find anything from sunnipath, so let me know if anybody else finds any other articles from scholars and ulema on this issue. Wassalam.
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