Qurizstan wrote:Show me a single race-based organization, previous to the 20th century, in the entire islamic world. Pan-arabism has it's roots in colonialism and european ideologies.
It's true, Arabs are the best of people.It says in the Hadith in Shaykh Jalaludin Suyuti's book on Ahlul Bayt:"Ahsanul nas ul 'Arab, wa Ahsanul 'Arab Quraysh, wa Ahsan Quraysh Bani Hashim"The best of people are the Arabs, and the best of the Arabs are Quraysh, and the best of Quraysh are Bani Hashim
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103165402/Arabs-Have-Been-Chosen-Above-Others-by-Allah
When you have a verse such as the above,no doubt in countries such as Pakistan,the elite consider themselves to be of Arab caste which by default has more rights over non Arab converts.Shows that hierarchial structures with Arabs intended at the top have sanction from holy books right from the time of inception of Islam.