Islamic Thoughts

• ANALYSES
• 1 Behavior code of Muslims toward non-Muslims
• 2 September 11 (2001) attacks on America not compatible with Islam
• 3 Ways To Defuse Religious Tensions
• 4 The Value Of The Ten Commandments
• 5 Bright Spot Of The Us Constitution: Religious Freedom
• 6 Lessons from the prophet's hudaibiah treaty.
• 7 Rulers' roles in promotion of christianity.
• 8 Exploring a model definition of 'religion'
• 9 Where islam stands as a civilized religion?
• 10 Proving god's existence through experimental science.
• 11 Roles of man as necessary & God as sufficient condition.
• 12 Human kindness is a shadow of god's kindness.
• 13 Why islam is the best choice for the Africans?
• 14 In Old Age, All Roads Lead To Death.
• 15 No Creations Are Without Purposes & Uses.
• 16 Prayer Prevents People From Bad Actions.
• 17 When Haram May Be Excusable: Five-Step Conditions.
• 18 Islamization Of Some Un-Islamic Cultures.
• 19 Greater The Faith, Tougher The Test.
• 20 How Science Can Make A Difference For Muslims?
• 21 The Time Gap Reality Between Sin & Punishment.
• 22 Good & Bad Days Alternate In Cyclic Order.
• 23 Let Moon-Sighting Unite & Not Divide The Muslims.
• 24 Faith Crisis Among Some Intellectuals.
• 25 Islamic Policy Toward Animals.
• 26 Improving The Muslim Performance (Aamal) Standard.
• ARGUMENTS
• 27 How Middle Course Better Than Conservative And Liberal Extremes?
• 28 Why God Is The Best One To Be Worshipped?
• 29 Costs And Benefits Of Belief In The Afterlife
• 30 Bible Is Similar To Hadith But Different From Quran
• 31 Defaming Islam: Freedom Of Speech Or Violation Of Rights?
• 32 How Islam Compares With Democracy?
• 33 Who Is Responsible For '0' Small Pox Since 1980?
• 34 Timeliness Is The Leading Condition For Prayer.
• 35 Ten Arguments For Women's Education.
• 36 Why Physical Fitness Matters For The Muslims?
• 37 Homosexuality Vs Adultery: Which Is Worse And How?
• 38 Countering Abortionist Argument
• 39 Which Is Better: Open Or Secret Prayer?
• 40 Small Or Large Recitation: Which Is Better In Prayer?
• 41 Personal Or Social Suffering: Which Is More Painful & Why?
• 42 Cultural Slavery Vs Cultural Diffusion.
• 43 Why Should America Ban Religious Defamation?
• ASSORTMENTS
• 44 Visible Action Of Invisible God: From Author's Diary.
• 45 Optional Good Deeds Are Like Bodyguards For Compulsory Ones.
• 46 The Gravitation Law Of Performance (Not One Of Newton).
• 47 The Theory Of Relativity (Not That Of Einstein).
• 48 In Good Deeds
• 49 "Rob Peter to pay Paul" is not for islam
• 50 Muslims Cannot Be "Penny Wise And Pound Foolish".
• 51 Islam Endorses Salad Bowl & Not Melting Pot Theory.
• 52 100% Homosexuality Means Prospect Of 'O' World Population.
• 53 Sinning In Teens To 40's & Suffering From 50's To Death.
• 54 Revenge May Be Lower But Not Greater Than Harm.
• 55 Why Karl Marx Is Irrelevant Forever?
• 56 Is God The Same One For All Religions?
• 57 How God Controls Economy And Livelihood?
• 58 How Muslim Repression In Myanmar Violates Buddhist Principles?
• MISCELLANEOUS
• 59 Grim Reality of Death: Unfailing Lesson for Everyone

55 : WHY KARL MARX IS IRRELEVANT FOREVER?

Karl Marx (a native of German) developed the theories of Communism that revolutionized the economic and political system in countries including Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea etc., affecting their relation with the rest of world in a big and durable way. This system aimed to create a classless society of the workers, bringing all business and assets under ownership of government formed by them.

The theories of Communism had little relevance with the reality, mainly for two reasons. One, Marx was sad to see the sufferings of the workers by their factory owners following the Industrial Revolution and therefore he acted in reaction, without taking a balanced position. Two, he did not get chance to test his theories, as he died (1884) about 4 decades before Russia became the first nation to practice Communism in 1917. As a result, his theories did not play well with the reality, as shown below.

(i) He blamed the religious system in general for the particular role of the Church for not actively helping the workers against their abusive factory bosses. Islam does not believe in blaming one for the fault of others and it always recommends resistance against injustice. Unfortunately, such wholesale blame practically meant indiscriminate brutality to countless worshippers and destruction of numerous temples. Religious repression went hand in hand with other variety of human rights abuses. This made this ideology enormously unpopular and became a powerful cause of its eventual collapse in Russia in early 1990's.

(ii) He envisioned a classless society requiring people to work "according to their ability" (encouraging fake inability) and entitling them to food and other supplies "according to their needs" (regardless of what they produce). Who is going to work hard if there is a guarantee of equal provisions of food and other basics for everyone? Likewise, who is going to labor hard and spend lavishly to obtain a Ph.D. degree if there is no provision to make more money than an uneducated and unskilled person? God would not let that inefficient system go forward. Given the lack of incentive (personal savings, profit, bonus etc.), the production suffered terribly in the Communist world, ending up with the millions of hungry mouths and unsatisfied consumers.

(iii) Marx, with his high powerful imagination, predicted that one day the whole world will be covered with communism. Then there will be no need for individual states and all borders will be eliminated to make a single world of communism. But God chose otherwise, as He said to have divided the humanity into nations for easing their identity (49:13). Accordingly, the world continues to be divided into various nations and states as ever.