5.4 Refuting the Colonialist Method of the West
1- Within this book, we have referred repeatedly to the concept of material benefit, whilst clarifying its danger to humanity. The corruption within this concept is manifest in its consequences, such as colonialist imperialism. Colonialist imperialism is the horrendous and barbaric act of complete subjugation and exploitation of peoples. It dehumanizes people, enslaving them to others. Centuries of Western colonialist imperialism have brought unspeakable miseries to billions. It reduced previously great civilizations into contiguous swathes of failed states, gripped by tyrannical rule. Colonialist imperialism intruded upon every continent, bringing with it wars, poverty, diseases and hunger. Thus, Western imperialism is a scourge, curse and punishment for all of humankind. It is the pinnacle of evil in the Western civilization and this alone is enough to clarify its corruption.
2- The concept of nation state is a corrupt concept in its fundamental foundation. It is built on the erroneous understanding of nationhood. In reality, a nation acts as a nation in life only when it has shared concepts, convictions and criteria towards life affairs. As for history, geography, race and linguistic heritage as factors, they only contribute to the formation of shared traits amongst people. However, they cannot unify the people upon a single viewpoint towards life. Thus, the only correct method to define the nation is based on its shared ideology. Moreover, the formation of the European nations themselves was generally preceded by little in the way of any of the factors related to nationhood. Accordingly, the history of the so-called nation state in Europe was hastily strung together, based on prevailing divisions of power, whilst the Westphalian treaties were being made. As for the regional amendments since then, they took place for pragmatic reasons, not because of the necessity of nationhood.