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ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN

At the beginning of this book, we pointed out that sentimentality
is a weapon used by Satan to divert humanity from the way of God,
and to lead them into misery. This trap that Satan has set for humanity
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is clearly evidenced in romantic nationalism. In the Qu'ran, God
relates how Satan submits those under his influence to a state of terror,
confusion and hostility:
He (God) said, "Go! And as for any who follow you, your
repayment is Hell, repayment in full! Stir up any of them you can
with your voice and rally against them your cavalry and your
infantry and share with them in their children and their wealth
and make them promises! The promise of Satan is nothing but
delusion." (Quran, 17:63-64)
The above verse relates how Satan, using those individuals under
his control, will "entice any of them whom he can with his voice" and
"rally against them his cavalry and his infantry"-the means to provoke
romantic nationalism.

Darwinism: The Intellectual Basis of

Romantic Nationalism
Romantic nationalists have resorted to a few philosophical and
so-called scientific revelations to help justify their penchant for the
shedding blood. The basis of these revelations is Darwin's Theory of
Evolution.
Darwin, an English biologist, wrote a book called The Origin of the
Species which was published in 1859. In this book, he proposed that a
merciless struggle occurs in nature and, according to whether or not
they gain advantage in the struggle, living things develop and new
species come into existence. In other words, according to Darwin, the
key to development in nature is conflict. In another book, The Descent
of Man, published in 1871, Darwin developed his ideas more cogently
and proposed, moreover, that some races of humanity were more
advanced relative to others, thus laying the foundations of scientific
racism. Darwin regarded the white races of Europe as "advanced