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Former atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali: ‘Responsible citizenship is inseparable from Christian morality’

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Activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali quoted from Scripture in an impassioned defense of the nation-state and advocated for a return to Christian morality at a conference in London.

The Somali-born former Dutch parliamentarian and research fellow at the Hoover Institution used her platform last month at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference to attack what she depicted as modern liberalism’s rejection of nationalism.

“Modern liberals trashed the nation-state and nationalism, invoking Hitler and Mussolini and arguing that nationalism had caused World War II, not to mention the Holocaust,” she said. “They failed to make a distinction between bad nationalism and good nationalism.”

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Activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali quoted from Scripture in an impassioned defense of the nation-state and advocated for a return to Christian morality at a conference in London.

The Somali-born former Dutch parliamentarian and research fellow at the Hoover Institution used her platform last month at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference to attack what she depicted as modern liberalism’s rejection of nationalism.

“Modern liberals trashed the nation-state and nationalism, invoking Hitler and Mussolini and arguing that nationalism had caused World War II, not to mention the Holocaust,” she said. “They failed to make a distinction between bad nationalism and good nationalism.”

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"Good nationalism"? Godly love does not respect national boundaries, but also extends to strangers and foreigners.

While I don't think nationalism automatically means fascism (unlike some on the far left), it can easily lead to it, and it can be tied to the denigration of other peoples, such as foreigners or those of other nationalities, ethnicities, or religious groups, which is sinful. At any rate, nationalism is inferior compared to the Christian vision of the world, which isn't based on nationality but the Imago Dei shared by all people.
 
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