'The promise of equality and humanity was not going to be established merely spiritually' Why did the Islamic communities of Tsarist Russia and its territories support socialism? Well its as Vijay Prashad put it:

This is why Saudi Arabia exported Wahhabism since the 60's. This scared the west so much the CIA collaborated with the Saudi's in the 60's to spread a right-wing Islam that we see dominant today. This influenced the rest of the middle east, and intellectuals and scholars was working to reconcile Islam and Socialism. Afterwards the Muslim communities got their own states and was able to establish their own courts and uphold their traditions. Not to mention Islam and Communist beliefs are actually very similar and its why Islamic communities (who called themselves Islamic Socialists) in Russia and its occupied territories supported the Bolsheviks prior to the 1917 revolution. And in terms of religion, most of us uphold tolerance of religious practices and peace between faiths. We acknowledge and can disagree with certain positions, especially if they're wrong because we are human and subject to mistake. Not to mention Marx was Jewish for a large portion of his life.īesides, Socialism, Marxism, Communism we all acknowledge that our beliefs and groups aren't a hive mind. He even opposed intellectuals of his time, such folks like Max Stirner, who would harass religious sites and people. Marx wasn't anti-religion by any realistic standard. In the same passage that quote is from, he also said 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.' Saying its the only peace to the struggling masses who desperately want peace as they struggle under the ruthlessness of exploitation and oppression due to capitalism. The particular quote 'opioid for the masses' is specifically what Marx called religion 'Opium of the people.' He called it that because Opium at the time was a pain reliever.

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