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Frequently Asked Questions:
Is communism atheism?
Are communists atheists?
Is communism anti-religion?
Do I have to leave my religion in order to join a communist party?
Starting from Karl Marx on Religion: https://twitter.com/Taimur_Laal/status/1292093287415853057
Frequently Asked Questions:
Is communism atheism?
Are communists atheists?
Is communism anti-religion?
Do I have to leave my religion in order to join a communist party?
Starting from Karl Marx on Religion: https://twitter.com/Taimur_Laal/status/1292093287415853057
Engels in "Early History of Christianity":
The history of early Christianity has notable points of resemblance with the modern working-class movement. Like the latter, Christianity was originally a movement of oppressed people: it first appeared as the religion of slaves and
The history of early Christianity has notable points of resemblance with the modern working-class movement. Like the latter, Christianity was originally a movement of oppressed people: it first appeared as the religion of slaves and
emancipated slaves, of poor people deprived of all rights, of peoples subjugated or dispersed by Rome. Both Christianity and the workers' socialism preach forthcoming salvation from bondage and misery; Christianity places this salvation in a life beyond, after death, in heaven;
socialism places it in this world, in a transformation of society.
Kautsky in "Foundation of Christianity":
Christianity was in its initial stages undoubtedly a movement of the propertyless, of the most diverse sorts, whom we may lump together under the name of proletarians if we do not mean thereby only wage-workers. Any one who knows the
Christianity was in its initial stages undoubtedly a movement of the propertyless, of the most diverse sorts, whom we may lump together under the name of proletarians if we do not mean thereby only wage-workers. Any one who knows the
modern movement of the proletariat and what it has in common in the various countries, and knows it by working with them; any one who has been a fellow-fighter of the proletariat and has learned there to share its feelings and aspirations, has a right to expect to penetrate into
the beginnings of Christianity more easily, in many respects, than the men of learning that see the proletariat only from afar.
Lenin on Religion:
Unity in this really revolutionary struggle of the oppressed class for the creation of a paradise on earth is more important to us than unity of proletarian opinion on paradise in heaven. Lenin categorically denied that atheism is not mandatory to be communist
Unity in this really revolutionary struggle of the oppressed class for the creation of a paradise on earth is more important to us than unity of proletarian opinion on paradise in heaven. Lenin categorically denied that atheism is not mandatory to be communist
Both Marx and Engels wrote only in passing on Islam. However they provide some insights. Their view can be summarized briefly, in three main points:
https://espressostalinist.com/2014/08/06/marx-and-engels-on-islam/
Alliance (Marxist-Leninist), Issue No. 51
on "Pan-Arabic or Pan-Islamic Socialism"
https://espressostalinist.com/2014/08/06/marx-and-engels-on-islam/
Alliance (Marxist-Leninist), Issue No. 51
on "Pan-Arabic or Pan-Islamic Socialism"
Video Log on Religion based Criticism on Communism prevailing in Pakistan with documentary resources, in Urdu language.
This is a cold war propaganda because Pakistan joined imperial power USA's camp in 1955, that is why it strongly prevails here.
"Capitalism made an alliance with the Church and Mosque to defeat socialism in 20th century." An excellent write up by Samir. https://monthlyreview.org/2007/12/01/political-islam-in-the-service-of-imperialism/
"Capitalism made an alliance with the Church and Mosque to defeat socialism in 20th century." An excellent write up by Samir. https://monthlyreview.org/2007/12/01/political-islam-in-the-service-of-imperialism/
Samir Amin is director of Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His recent books include The Liberal Virus (Monthly Review Press, 2004), A Life Looking Forward (Zed Books, 2007), and The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the 21st Century, forthcoming from MR Press.
History of Sub Continent is full of Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Parsi and Sikh communists. Ever heard of "Red Maulana" in Pakistan, who used the rooftops and mosques to massive organization across Pakistan.
I am sharing a speech of Maulana Bhashani. Listen to him to have a feeling of his political thoughts, constitution and future of a democratic Pakistan. This is Maulana's party manifesto speech before 1970 elections, that he boycotted.
Further Reading:
Khizar Humayun Ansari wrote a complete book, "The Emergence of Socialist Thought Among North Indian Muslims (1917-1947)" on the subject.
5th UBL Literary Excellence Award 2015 for English Non-Fiction
2nd Prize of the Karachi Literature Festival Peace Prize 2016
Khizar Humayun Ansari wrote a complete book, "The Emergence of Socialist Thought Among North Indian Muslims (1917-1947)" on the subject.
5th UBL Literary Excellence Award 2015 for English Non-Fiction
2nd Prize of the Karachi Literature Festival Peace Prize 2016
