— Nasir Khan
Socialists are not non-believers. The people who believe in social
justice, social equality of men and women, believe in a just and
non-oppressive social, political and economic organization of society in
the interest of all, believe in the advancement of knowledge free from
the power of the ignorant people who keep society back, and who stand
for humanity and human values for all without showing favour to any one
religion, one special colour or race are
believers on a higher level than the followers of dogmas and
superstitions beliefs, worshipping stones and all sorts of natural or
man-made objects.
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A former Facebook friend of mine (she is
no longer on my friends’ list) and some other readers have come up
with some strong criticism of Communists and their crimes under
Communist leaders. In fact, her views are quite common in many parts of
the world. I am adding my reply to her for other readers to see as
well:
Dear XY: My piece is not about Stalin or Hitler and their actions. In it, I clarified in a summary form that socialists are also believers, and not non-believers as some people falsely assert. How are they believers that I’ve discussed. It is about the principles on which socialism is based and the principles which are the core of socialist thinking.
If a socialist or a communist has committed such crimes as you mention, then the fault does not lie with the principles of socialism but with any person who misuses the principles of socialism. In the same way, as Hitler, Franco, Pinochet, George W. Bush killed millions of innocent people; these leaders were Christians. The principles or dogmas of Christianity or even Jesus Christ did not stop them from killing millions of people for their political objectives.
The conquistadors in the New World (America) wiped out millions of the native Americans. All these killers were Christians from Europe. The same thing happened in Australia. The people who wiped out the native populations were Christians. But as a socialist, I do not blame Christianity for what these killers did. I can add to the list a lot more. But I wanted to give you only a short reply.
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