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From: alad@adelbert0.stanford.edu (Aladdin Nassar)
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Subject: Re: NATIONALISM IN THE VIEW OF ISLAM by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
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Date: 13 Aug 90 14:00:42 GMT
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In article <1990Aug11.155830.13901@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> kahraman@cae.wisc.edu writes:
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>	NATIONALISM IN THE VIEW OF ISLAM 
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>		from the Twentysixth Letter by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
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>	O MANKIND! WE CREATED YOU FROM A SINGLE PAIR OF A MALE AND A FEMALE,
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>	AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES, THAT YOU MAY KNOW EACH OTHER.
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>	QUR'AN: SURA 49, AYAT 13.      
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Just a remark concerning the translation of the above mentioned Ayia :
The correct translation of "Sho'oub" (in Arabic) is "PEOPLES" and not
"NATIONS". The implication is very important : The Muslim Umma should be one
NATION made of different PEOPLES, with only ONE ruler (Amir Al-Mu'mineen). 
The correct understanding of this concept lead the companions of the Prophet
(pbuh) to establish the Greatest and Golden era of Islam, while our disgraceful
modern history is in part related to its misconception.

Thank you very much,

Jazakum Allah Khairan,


Aladdin Nassar
Graduate Student 
Civil Enginerring
Stanford University