Page 175 - Communism in Ambush

Communism, like the
regime of Pharaoh as
described in the
Qur'an, is an oligarchic
system based on mi-
nority rule. Communist
Party directors look
down on the people
from above and lead
them however they
wish. At left, the
Soviet oligarchy of the
1920s—the Bolshevik
committee saluting on
Lenin's mausoleum.

Stalin and Mao followed Lenin's example. Both leaders had giant
statues of themselves erected in every city of their countries, trying to
produce a portrait of their people's "god-leader." Mao wrote The Little
Red Book, and every Chinese citizen was responsible for reading this
"holy" book and implementing its precepts in his life. Many Chinese still
visit the statues of the "Great Helmsman" erected in every part of the
country, and on Mao's birthday there are mass suicides.
In North Korea, Kim Il-sung was also idolized after he came to
power. He was known as the "Sun of the People," who believed he could
lead them along the right path without ever making a mistake. The same
thing happened with Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnam's Communist dicta-
tor.

Oligarchic Structure

The system of oligarchy is "minority rule," in which political power
rests in the hands of a limited group. A look into the Qur'an shows that
godless systems have a basically oligarchic structure. When we examine
the many verses that speak of "the chiefs of the nations," we see that
these people have taken all political power into their own hands, gov-