Islam and Nationalism

Definition of Nationalism 

National word nationalism, derived from the word "nation" or nation, the collection of people who are bound by a common culture, territory, and history. Another term that has the same meaning, is a tribe. Only, the word "tribe" is often used to represent the nation with a smaller size. A nation or a nation, can be composed of several smaller nations (tribes). Example: 

Indonesia, previously derived from several independent kingdoms, such as Kutai, Mataram, Pasai Ocean, Ternate / Tidore, and so on, each with its own culture, territory, history, government and even different. Or, Arabs comprise diverse ethnic groups, such as the Quraysh, Aus, Kharaj, Hawazin, and sebagainya.Jadi, nationalism has two meanings.First, the notion that ties a bunch of people (it could be a bunch of tribes) who have similar interests and live in a particular region or understand (teaching) for the love of the nation and the state itself.

Therefore, although both are part of the Arabs, but because living in different boundaries, the Arabs could have a distinct nationalism (eg nationalism Saudi Arabia, Palestine nas, nas Syria, and so on).Among the effects of nationalism on the Jews is their belief that there will be no prophet except tiadak of the Children of Israel, in addition, they also believe that they are God's elect and to be elected to lead the world, in the Talmud it says "non-Jewish ethnic groups (gayim) is sinners, so God allowed the Jews to take, seize, oppress, menzalimi, kill and colonize ethnic or non-Jews in order to restore their privileges were taken away. "Therefore, among the Jews because of kufr to the minutes Prophet Muhammad was that Muhammad was Ummi (can not read and write). But instead of Allah makes all-yan Umm Muhammad as a virtue.

 "He was the one who sent to an illiterate people a messenger among them, who read his verses to them, purify them and teach them the Book and Wisdom (Sunnah). Indeed, their previous and really in manifest error ". (Surat Al-Ahad: 2).And in the next verse God explains that the Jews are not going to get primacy over.