There is no meaning, purpose, or benefit in claiming to belong to the best nation, unless the claimant considers this nation superior to other nations by essential characteristics based on considering other nations less good than the best nation. And from where did this goodness fall upon this good nation? Are there racial characteristics that distinguish between the one belonging to the best nation and the one belonging to a less good nation? Let us express the purpose of this preference clearly and without any ambiguity: it is racial discrimination for organic reasons, whether innate or acquired. Let us leave aside the innate one because it is difficult to prove, The whole matter, in its entirety, is acquired and accompanied the nation’s acquisition of the new religion about 1440 years ago, The Bedouin of the peninsula were not the best nation before the birth of the true religion. Therefore, because the nation of the true religion was transformed into the best nation, it is superior to other nations!
It is not just empty talk and boasting,The belief in possessing superior characteristics over others is always accompanied by policies that reached their peak of brutality with the practice of ethnic cleansing, as the Nazis did, in order to preserve the better good and defend it from the evil that was lurking around it, The Nazis, in considering the Aryan race the best race, relied on characteristics they considered scientific to prove Aryan superiority and racial purity, such as the shape of the nose, the width of the forehead, and the dimensions of the skull, etc. On what did the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula rely in their claim that they were the best nation? Knowing that at that early time after the birth of the religion, they were not truly Muhammadans except by uttering the two testimonies of faith and repeating the phrase “There is no god but God,” etc., and there was no religious book, and the Bedouin peoples were oral peoples who did not read or write. Assuming that they were truly believers with conviction and understanding of the new religion, they are allowed to consider themselves as they wish! But they are not allowed to practice that superiority and arrogance towards others.
Here it can be said that the claim of being the best nation, that is, the superiority of this nation over others, is a mythical and especially criminal claim, because it indirectly diminishes the value of other nations and religions, The concept of the best nation, with its racist and religious content, is forbidden and prohibited by the United Nations, The United Nations Charter repeats in its text four times the phrase: “No discrimination on the grounds of race, sex (discrimination between women and men), language, or religion.” There are good nations, and there is no fixed best nation, because nations change and develop for the better or for the worse according to the circumstances.
Regardless of the inherent weakness of the concept of the “best nation,” those who invoke it can be accused of seeking political, social, economic, and religious symbolic privileges because they claim to belong to the “best nation.” This claim has numerous consequences. It is unacceptable for the “best nation” to be ruled by someone who does not belong to it—that is, by a citizen of another religion. Furthermore, the president of this country cannot be a member of another religion, and a follower of the true religion cannot change their faith upon marrying a non-Muslim woman, while a non-Muslim must change their religion when marrying a Muslim woman. Here, religious affiliation becomes a one-way street, which contradicts the saying “To you your religion, and to me my religion,” and is incompatible with the self-confidence of this religion. Allowing entry and preventing exit is a characteristic of prisons!
The insistence of some on being the best nation represents a deep contempt for others without objective justification. Objectively, it cannot be said that the nation of Ibn Abdullah is the best nation and superior to other nations. In many countries of this nation, the worst forms of decadence, inferiority, crime, corruption, and backwardness can be observed. The best nation does not progress because it feels that it is advanced by nature, and that is why it is called the best nation, and it remains the best nation even if it hangs on the tail of other nations!
The concept of the “best nation” is narcissistic and objectively misguided. It is one of the most harmful concepts for those who consider themselves part of this “best nation.” It is an impediment to progress and a killer of self-criticism, which is solely responsible for the possibility of advancement. A nation intoxicated by narcissism, arrogance, pride, racism, and superstitious beliefs cannot progress without the capacity for criticism and development. How can one proceed from the premise of “the best nation” when this nation is advanced only in its ignorance, backwardness, savagery, violence, wars, and addiction to inhaling the dust of the Battle of the Camel, the Battle of Siffin, the apostasy, Karbala, the wars of conquest, and self-deception? If that nation were truly the best, it would have buried Uthman with the dignity accorded to any slain person, would not have bequeathed power to its sons, and would not have splintered into factions still searching for the survivor, The best nation does not destroy homelands, nor does it enshrine corruption and racism as law,Where are the nations that follow the “best nation” concept when they kill their thinkers, crucify Al-Hallaj, breed dictatorships, and then parasitize at the world’s tables? The best nation should not be afflicted by blind terrorism and extremism, and then become hostile to almost all the peoples of the world!
It is the right and duty of every nation towards itself and towards humanity to be part of the world, participating in shaping its culture, science, construction, and development,The best nation is the one that offers good to others, that is, to all of humanity, It is the nation that is open and practices criticism, especially self-criticism, Goodness suffocates in any nation that closes its windows and doors on itself, No nation needs a new religion or a renewal of religion , Every nation needs to stand outside of rigid religion, which blinds insight, due to its excess in certainty, narcissism, absoluteness, sanctification, and in deception and self-deception!
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