Allah'in vatandaslari / Citizens of God

Keske hepimiz, devletin beyin yikamasina, dayatmasina karsi cikabilsek; keske hepimiz devlet sinirlarini asabilsek; keske hepimiz baska kabileden etnik kokenden insanlarin kimliklerini degistirmeye, onlarin kimliklerini dunya savasindan sonra bir kac devlet adaminin siyasi emellerle cizdigi ulke sinirlariyla belirlemeye calismasak; bayrak, vatan, millet, devlet kavramlarinin icinin boslugunu gorebilsek; hepimizin ayni dunyanin vatandasi, ayni Yaraticinin cesit cesit dil, renk ve etknik kokenle yaratilmis kullari oldugumuzu gorebilsek. InshaAllah bir gun savaslarin ve zulmun anasi olan irkci ve milliyetci, "benim milletim daha kiymetli, daha ustun"cu, "baska milletten olanlarin benimki kadar hakki yok"cu anlayisi zihinlerimizden kaziyabilsek. Bu toprak benim sen giremezsin, demesek. Sinirlarin, vizelerin, pasportlarin yersizligini ve zararini gorebilsek. Tum yeryuzunun insanlara, milletlere degil, sadece Allah'a ait oldugunu hatirlayabilsek. Yeryuzunde gezerken "ardullahu wasi'aa" "allah'in yeryuzusu genistir" bilinciyle gezebilsek. "Istanbul'dan en uzak sehir" neresidir diyince, Agri (ya da Turkiye'de herhangi bir sehir) demeyip de Dunya capinda dusunebilsek. InshaAllah bir gun hepimiz, bir kac politikacinin tanimladigi bir devletin vatandasi olarak degil de, Allah'in dunyadaki vatandas ve kullari olma bilinciyle yasayabiliriz. InshaAllah... belki o zaman daha bariscil bir insan irki olabiliriz.
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I wish we could all object the brain washing and the imposing of the states; I wish we could all think beyond the state borders; I wish we didn't attempt to change the identities of people who are from other tribes or ethnic backgrounds, that we didn't attempt to identify them by the borders of countries drawn by a few politicians with political ambitions; I wish we could see the emptiness of concepts like flag, homeland, nation, state; I wish we could all see that we are citizens of the same world, we are all worshipers created with a variety of tongues, colors and ethnicities by the same Creator. God willing, one day, I wish we could eradicate from our minds the mother of wars and cruelty, the racist and nationalist understanding that dictates "my nation is greater than others", "people of other nations aren't entitled to as many rights as mine". I wish we didn't say "this land belongs to me, you may not enter". I wish we could see the needlessness and the harm of borders, visas, passports. I wish we could remember that the entire earth doesn't belong to individuals or nations, but instead, it belongs to its Creator. I wish we could travel the earth with the consciousness that "God's earth is wide" ("ardullahu wasi'aa" from the Qur'an). When asked "What's the furthest city from New York?" I wish we wouldn't answer "Los Angeles" (or some other city in the USA) but instead I wish we could think in terms of the whole world. God willing, one day, we can live with the consciousness of being the citizens and worshipers of God on Earth, rather than the citizens of a country identified by a few politicians. We pray that God wills this... perhaps then, we could become a more peaceful human race.