Al-Afghani saw Muslim lands as requiring internal national borders despite shared faith.
Evidence
Although it was Islam that linked Muslims to their land, al-Afghänï’s articles made it clear that they could not exist in a land without internal borders of its own, between terri- tories within the same religion. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 464
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Clarifies al-Afghani’s concept of watan: a religiously legitimated but internally bordered homeland.