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run riot. Unpreventable degeneracy in which women and children are
regarded as being owned in common will ensue, and no institutions
or values will remain. As a result of the claims of the theory of evolu-
tion being regarded as true, the individuals that constitute such a
society will be treated as mere animals that have yet to complete their
development, and violence will become a simple matter. It must not
be forgotten that the greed-driven system produced by capitalism is

not the only factor that drives people to selfishness and violence; the
fundamental cause is the absence of fear of God. It is therefore utter-
ly deceptive to paint a picture of happiness within this mythical com-
munal way of living that is bereft of faith and moral values.

If we wish the tragedies caused by present-day capital-
ism to come to an end, and if we wish people to live as
equals and enjoy freedom, love, human rights and
democracy, the only way of achieving this is set out
in the Qur'an. Only a social system based on the
Qur'an, and not superstitions fabricated in the name

of Islam, can enable all people to live in prosperity
and justice.

To return to the communal system of which the
PKK dreams, this fantasy, based on no scientific real-
ity whatsoever, is set out in the initial part of the KCK
Contract in the words "Based on the historical tradition of
democratic and communal living of the Kurdish people…"
and claims that Kurdish people once lived like that. In
the view of both Marx and of his follower, Abdullah
Öcalan, matters present in modern-day society,

such as profit-making and the acquisition of prop-

Neo-liberal capitalism is certainly a materialistic system
that brings with it disaster. However, its only solution is
the Islamic morality based on the Qur'an, not communism
with a more violent ideology.

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