“There is not a single verse in the Qur’an calling for the unity or liberation specifically of the Arab nation. In fact the Qur’anic concept of Ummah i.e. nation is ideologically against any manifestations of nationalist tendencies. The Qur’an recommends unity of the whole human kind on the criteria of truth.”

— Zakir Naik

In Is the Qur'an God's Word? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RuQMD4yYWg

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