The geography of “Suraqia” remained unified throughout the ages and up until the beginning of the twentieth century, when Western colonial powers tore it apart, to tighten control and to incite popular groups against one another, by stirring sectarian and ethnic strife—a policy they continue to practice to this day.

The sectarian war that Saadeh warned against, insisting that it could lead only to “national ruin,” broke out in Lebanon in 1975 and devastated the country. Once the colonizer had finished exploiting the Christian sect for its own ends and had undermined its position, it moved on to fomenting Sunnis against Shiʿas, Kurds against other groups, and so on. It does not hesitate to destroy this civilization, which stands in stark contrast to Western civilization—a civilization built on ethnic and religious cleansing, as the history of the West shows from the beginnings of Western civilization in Greece, to the Roman Empire, to the Catholic Church, and to the modern racist state and the dominance of the white race.

The civilization of “Suraqia,” by contrast, is an integrative, open civilization—welcoming the "Other", accepting him and allowing him to become part of it, whether the difference is religious or ethnic. Were it not for this acceptance, we would not have such a remarkable diversity of ethnicities and communities. Hence Saadeh’s insistence that the people inhabiting the land of “Suraqia” constitute one people, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, or gender. It was on this basis that the unifying "Zawba‘a" (the emblem of the party's flag), became the emblem of his Party:

The "Zawba‘ah" emblem of the Syrian Reformist National Party arose from a purely Syrian idea that sought to symbolize popular unity through the removal of religious distinctions. This "Zawba‘ah" is the only way to merge the Cross and the Crescent, joined and united firmly in one movement. This is the meaning of the "Zawba‘ah"; this is not an imitation of the German swastika.”

(The Complete Works, vol. 7, p. 79, 1944)

The diverse religious and ethnic background of those enrolled in the party testifies to the fact that Saadeh succeeded in his endeavours to include all sects, denominations, and ethnic communities—men and women alike—in his renaissance party, excluding no one from among his people in Bilād al-Shām.

Throughout the twentieth century, the colonizer focused on entrenching the Sykes–Picot borders by persuading every ethnic and religious sect within "Suraqia" that it constituted an independent "nation" and that its neighbour, belonging to another ethnic or religious group, was its mortal enemy. Unfortunately, a great number of inhabitants embraced this logic. It came to see themselves as the region’s new “white race,” fighting for building a nation-state based on isolation, and the maintenance of an exclusive ethnic or sectarian entity. These sectarian entities exerted all efforts against any unifying project and invited Western and Israeli support against their own compatriots who share the same homeland and communal life.

This is precisely what Saadeh sought to prevent. His concern was to restore cohesion to “Suraqia,” for he knew in advance that none of the entities created by Western occupation could ever attain real political or economic independence due to their frailty, their small size, and their lack of the necessary material resources—even if their populations wished to change the existing situation. Hence, like his father before him, he believed that fostering a shared national culture was essential for grounding societal unity.

Above all else, Saadeh

aspired to unify the community of "Greater Syria",  and to abolish all vertical divisions—ethnic and religious that stand as an obstacle between him and reaching that goal.

He regarded this diversity as a profound cultural richness, for it reflected a civilization distinguished precisely by its openness and tolerance toward the "Other"; it does not kill, erase, or expel him. This openness preserved all these beautiful variations, despite their occasional contradictions.

The only solution for the preservation and thriving of such a mixture is exactly what Saadeh had proposed: the adoption of a democratic system that would recognize all citizens as equal participants in the progress of their country.