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of another because he is shorter or has a darker skin is unacceptable.
These peculiarities are all the distinctive creation of Allah with countless
beauties, purposes and subtle secrets within them. A believer is well
aware that the only criteria for nobility is fear of Allah, as is made clear in
the following verse:

Mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into
peoples and tribes so that you might come to know each other. The noblest
among you in Allah's Sight is the one with the most fear of Allah. Allah is
All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Surat al-Hujurat: 13)
The pseudo-scientific roots of the racist misunderstanding, which
manifests itself so brutally, deserve special mention since they are also the
bases on which many of today's false ideologies are founded.
Materialism, communism and wild capitalism all have roots in this

pseudo-scientific basis from which they all derive power.
This pseudo-scientific foundation is the so-called theory of evolution
by Darwin. Some who have heard of "the theory of evolution" might
assume that it only concerns the field of biology. The theory of evolution,
however, represents far more than this. Not merely a biological concept,
it is the underpinning of many philosophies that hold the masses under
their influence.

The Pseudo-Scientific Basis of Racism
When Darwin first proposed his theory, scientists of the period did not
adopt it outright. Palaeontologists, in particular, were aware that the
theory was little more than a figment of the imagination. Despite this,
however, Darwin gained access to scientific circles since the theory
provided an unprecedented ideological foundation for the powers
prevalent in the 19 Century.
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As the idea of evolution spread fast – through the publication of the
book by Darwin, The Origin of Species – Europeans continued to colonize
continents and other civilizations in remote parts of the world. European
countries – England and France being the foremost – concentrated their
efforts, partially on South Asia and Latin America and on the African