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THE COMMON DELIRIUM OF FASCISM AND COMMUNISM:

DARWINIST CONFLICT

arx, the founder of Communism, stated God has commanded among people. Because of
that the only way to achieve historical de- these ideologies, the last century was an era of pain
M velopment is through conflict. He thought and misery.
that society and ideas could advance only by means On the contrary, violence and slaughter are not
of war and revolution; and maintained that everything necessary. Polarities are everywhere: night and day,
would stay as it was, if not for struggle and opposition. light and darkness, negative and positive, hot and
By saying "Force is the midwife of every old society cold, good and bad. But these oppositions have been
pregnant with a new one," Karl Marx (Das Capital, created to emphasize beauty and to bring into being
Vol.1, 1955, p.603) summoned millions to war, blood- moral values like compassion, forgiveness, and
shed, and slaughter. peace.
These ideas of Marx won many supporters over The same situation applies to the realm of ideas.
the years. The Communist leader Lenin who presided The fact that people think differently is no reason for
over the cruelest slaughters, believed that "develop- them to kill and massacre one another. God com-
ment is the 'struggle' of opposites." (V. I. Lenin, "On mands people to behave well towards their enemies
the Question of Dialectics," Collected Works, Volume and speak good words to people:
38, p. 359) He thought that this struggle must be A good action and a bad action are not the same.
formed through bloodshed. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is
Like the Communist leaders, Fascist leaders too enmity between you and someone else, he will be like
believe that violence, revolution and war are the only a bosom friend. (Qur'an, 41:34)
means to advancement. Heinrich von Treitschke, the As revealed in the Qur'an, people of conscience
racist historian who was the most important influence and intelligence solve every contention in an atmos-
in forming Hitler's ideas, said, "nations could not pros- phere of peace, trust and compassion. Those who
per without intense competition, like the struggle for cannot understand this and believe in the deceit of di-
survival of Darwin…" (L. Poliakov, Le Mythe Aryen, alectical materialism have fought with one another for
Editions Complexe, Calmann-Lévy, Bruxelles, 1987, years, grappled with one another like wild animals and
p. 343) Mussolini was another Fascist leader who be- finally have lost their power as a nation. God reveals
lieved that violence was the motive force in history and the truth in the following verse from the Qur'an (8:46):
that struggle would bring revolution. For him, "the re- Obey God and His Messenger and do not quarrel
luctance of England to engage in war only proved the among yourselves, lest you lose heart and your mo-
evolutionary decadence of the British Empire." mentum disappear. And be steadfast. God is with the
(Robert E. D. Clark, Darwin: Before and After, London, steadfast.
Paternoster Press, 1948, p. 115) As stated in this verse, people have departed from
Each of these ideologies' basic support is the the way of God that His prophets revealed. Instead of
struggle for life that, Darwin claimed, exists in nature. establishing peace, they have turned the Earth into a
The conflict that forms the basis of Marx's dialectical breeding ground for cruelty. For this reason, they have
materialism, and fascism's claim that conflict is a mo- lost all their power and have led themselves to de-
tive force, are nothing more that Darwin's theory of struction. It must not be forgotten that the moral
evolution applied to the social sciences. virtues commanded in the Qur'an—compassion,
These ideologies gave birth to two results: claims mercy, self-sacrifice, justice—are the sources of
that continuous conflict is necessary, and steps to strength for people and nations alike. Nonsense like
eradicate humanity completely, leading to endless dialectical materialism, the product of irreligious fool-
bloodshed. Anyone adopting these ideologies can't ishness, brings only pain and disaster. The only way
avoid being in constant conflict with others, subjecting for people to find salvation, well-being, and security in
them to cruelty and bloodshed in the name of this world is to live according to the moral teaching
progress. They destroy peace and well being, as well that God has commanded in the Qur'an.
as the love, respect, self-sacrifice and sharing that