A Believer cannot become a communist
Dr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi
Vice Chancelor of Darul Huda Islamic University

Translated and abridged by JAIHOON.COM

1. A believer in Islam cannot become a communist. Both systems are poles apart. This has been made very clear in the books of communism.

The foundation of Marxism as repeatedly outlined by Marx and Engels is Materialism. Says Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in ‘The Attitude of the Workers’ Party to Religion’, “Marxism is materialism. As such, it is as relentlessly hostile to religion as was the materialism of the eighteenth-century Encyclopaedists or the materialism of Feuerbach.”

In another place, Lenin declares war on the religion to eliminate it in all forms. He says concrete action is required to do so, not just speeches alone. “We must combat religion—that is the ABC of all materialism, and consequently of Marxism…It says: We must know how to combat religion, and in order to do so we must explain the source of faith and religion among the masses in a materialist way. The combating of religion cannot be confined to abstract ideological preaching, and it must not be reduced to such preaching. It must be linked up with the concrete practice of the class movement, which aims at eliminating the social roots of religion.”

I recall an incident which occurred in my youth days. Uppappa Thenu Musliyar, a well-known Sufi saint of those days noticed a Marxist flag hanging down a tea shop’s roof in Kooriyad locality. He cut the flag down and burnt it in the furnace. He then proclaimed to those around: I will not allow in my land while I am alive hoisting the flag of a party which rejects Allah’.

2. Our predecessors have always taken such a stand. There is no argument on that. Sheikh Qardawi is hundred per cent right on his fatwa that one who accepts communism is outside the fold of Islam. Many scholars of the Islamic world also held similar ruling in the same matter.

3. I have never felt CPM is the protector of Muslims. Rather the opposite. Incidents at Thalassery and Nadapuram bear witness for this situation. Their apparent love for the Muslim community is only a political jugglery.

4. We have seen CPM’s hatred for Sharia in issues such as Shabanu case. EMS Namboodirippad had made it clear that he would not accept it even if Allah would command. They were quick in praising the freedom of expression for Salman Rushdie. They have adopted a totally indifferent attitude towards Muslims and Islam.

ഒരു മുസ്ലിമിന്‌ കമ്യൂണിസ്റ്റാകാൻ കഴിയില്ല : ഡോ. ബഹാവുദ്ദീൻ.