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ഇന്ന്‌ മുസ്ലിംകളിൽ നല്ലൊരു ശതമാനം മുമ്പ്‌ മത സംഘടനകൾ നിരീശ്വര വാദികളുടെ പ്രസ്ത്ഥാനമെന്ന്‌ മുദ്ര കുത്തിയിരുന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാർട്ടികളിൽ അംഗങ്ങളാണ്‌. അവരിൽ ചിലർക്ക്‌ മത നിരാസമോ ഇസ്ലാമിന്റെ സംസ്കാരത്തോട്‌ പ്രതിപത്തിക്കുറവോ ഇല്ലായിരിക്കാം. പക്ഷേ, അവർ മത വിരുദ്ധ മനോഭാവമുള്ളവരോടൊപ്പം ഒരു പ്രത്യേക രാഷ്ടീയ സംസ്കാരത്തിൽ വാർത്തെടുക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. നേതൃത്വത്തിലേക്കടുക്കുംതോറും നിരീശ്വരത്വവും മത നിരാസവും അവരുടെ ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ ഭാഗമായിത്തീരുന്നു. അവരതിൽ ഇഴുകിച്ചേരുന്നു. ഈ വിഭാഗത്തിൽപെട്ട മുസ്ലിം പേരുള്ള നേതാക്കളിൽ മതത്തിന്റെ ആരാധാനുഷ്ടാനങ്ങൾ പാലിക്കുന്ന ഒരാളെയെങ്കിലും കാണുക സാധ്യമാണോ.

‘ആണവക്കരാര്‍ ന്യൂനപക്ഷ വിരുദ്ധമെന്ന പ്രചരണം കേരളത്തില്‍ മാത്രം’

മലപ്പുറം: യു.പി.എയില്‍ നിന്നും മാറിനിന്ന്‌ ബി.ജെ.പിക്ക്‌ ചുവന്ന പരവതാനി വിരിക്കുകയാണ്‌ സി.പി.എം എന്ന്‌ മുസ്ലിം ലീഗ്‌ സംസ്ഥാന ജനറല്‍ സെക്രട്ടറി പി.കെ കുഞ്ഞാലിക്കുട്ടി. ആണവക്കരാര്‍ ന്യൂനപക്ഷ വിരുദ്ധമെന്ന പ്രചരണം മറ്റു സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലൊന്നും നടത്തുന്നില്ല. യു.പി.എ പിന്തുണ പിന്‍വലിച്ചവര്‍ പടിവാതില്‍ക്കലുള്ള ഫാസിസ്റ്റ്‌ ഭീഷണി കാണുന്നില്ലെന്നും കുഞ്ഞാലിക്കുട്ടി പറഞ്ഞു.

Islam and Communism

The Muslims who believe in the Beneficence of God as well as His immense Grace embracing all His creatures and who believe that it is God Who sends to them His apostles to guide them aright and who believe that Islam is not subject to the economic exigencies but ascends far above them, how can such Muslims adopt with impunity the communism which holds that all the different stages of human progress are determined by the interplay of the opposing forces alone, thus leaving no place for God’s will or any other factor or initiative save that lent to it by economic existence, the pressure of need.

Islam and Idealism

Thus the problem we are dealing with in the final analysis crystallizes into the fundamental question: Is a particular socio-economic and political system practicable or not? This is the only criterion whereby the practicability or otherwise of a system can be judged aright. Judging from this standpoint we find that the Islamic system of life is in fact a practical system of life, for it was the first system ever practically applied to human life on the face of this earth.

Religion : The opium of the People

It should also be mentioned that all the liberation movements in the Islamic East were inspired by Islam. The resistance of the Egyptian people against French occupation was led by Muslim scholars (Ulama). The rebellion against the injustice of Mohammad Ali was advocated by a religious leader, Omar Makram. The rebellion against the British occupation of Sudan was led by Al-Mahdi, still another religious leader. The rebellion against the Italians in Libya and the French in Morocco as well as the Kashani Revolution against the British occupation, all these were rebellions inspired by and launched in the name of Islam. Every rebellion in the Islamic East contains evidence to show that Islam is a great liberating force directed against all forms of injustice and humiliation.

Islam and the concept of Civilization

It should be known that the Islamic cause does not oppose modern inventions nor do Muslims require that the appliances and tools should bear the inscription: In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful” before they agree to use such tools and appliances at their homes, factories and farms etc. It is quite sufficient if such tools and appliances should be used in the name of God and for His sake. After ail, tools and appliances do not have any religion or homeland, but the way of their use affects all the people on earth. A gun, for example, is an invention which has no religion, color or homeland but you will not be a Muslim if you use it in committing aggression against others. Islam require, that a gun shall only be used in repulsing aggression or in spreading the word of God throughout the world.

ISLAM AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP

Is private ownership a natural propensity? Communists and their likes insist that it is not. They claim that there was no private property in the earliest societies where the “first communism” prevailed. All things, they say, were public property shared by all people who were guided by a spirit of affec­tion, co-operation and brotherhood. They sadly regret that such “an angelic era” did not last because the discovery of agriculture involved disputes over the cultivated land and the means of pro­duction. This inevitably led to war. The Communists allege that humanity can put an end to this dreadful evil only by returning more to the first Communism” where no one had a property or one’s own and all production was equally shared by all people. They believe that this is the only way to restore peace, affection and harmony to the world.

ISLAM AND CAPITALISM

Capitalism was imported into the Islamic world at a time when it was under European domination. Together with the wave of development, it spread into the Islamic world which suffered from poverty, ignorance, illness and backwardness. This made some people think that Islam approves of capitalism, with both its evils and merits. They also claim that there are no provisions in the Islamic law or regulations such as might be in conflict with capitalism. They argue that as Islam permitted individual ownership it must likewise permit capitalism.

ISLAM AND FEUDALISM

Recently when I heard that a student wrote a thesis wherein he “proved” that Islam was a feudalistic system and received his Master’s Degree, I was deeply surprised. The performance of both the student as well as the professors awarding him the degree was equally mystifying. But the student might well be excused on the plea that he was either ignorant of what he was writing about or did so out of ill-will towards Islam, but what about the learned teachers? How are we to account for their conduct, their knowledge of the socio-economic system of Islam, and their understanding of history?

ISLAM AND SLAVERY

Perhaps this is the most odious form of doubt exploited by the communists in order to shake the faith of the Muslim youth in his religion, Islam. If Islam were suited to every period of human history, it would not, as it did, approve of slavery, which proves conclusively that Islam was but meant for a limited period of history only. It has fulfilled its mission and now stands outmoded and ob­solete for it was not designed to be a religion for all times and climes.

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The soul of both of them is impatient and restless,
Both of them know not God