[ April 24, 2024 ]
A century ago, in April, 1918, the Burlington Vermont Daily News, captured, unintentionally, the quintessential, shared ideological roots of Neo-Marxist Bernie Sanders’ Red [Communism]- Green [Islam] Alliance, foreshadowing the ugly consequences of this nexus:
“[M]any of the Protestant churches in Germany are no more than empty shells. This lack of horizon, spiritually speaking, has led to the growth of socialism to a marked degree in Germany. Karl Marx was its founder and its slogan is ‘There is no God, and Karl Marx is his prophet.’”
Even earlier, five years before the October, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution would begin to impose Communist totalitarianism on Russia, Henry C. Vedder, observed in his 1912 study of Socialism, that the Marxist Social Labor Federation of Britain had adopted Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital” [Capital] as their infallible authority, “an article of faith from which they will permit no dissent, on pain of excommunication.” Vedder, a Professor of Church History at the Upland, Pennsylvania Crozer Theological Seminary, added that this British Marxist organization rejected the orthodoxy of its own votaries unless they too professed as their credo, “There is no God, and Karl Marx is his prophet.”— mirroring the Islamic declaration of faith (p.730), or “shahada,”—“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.”
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Late doyen of Islamic studies, Bernard Lewis, had erroneously attributed the origins of this Communist profession of faith to an unnamed mid-20th century “humorist” in his 1954 essay, “Communism and Islam”. Despite that rather egregious error—attributing the established, obligatory creed of humorless Marxists, some four decades after the fact, to a witty quip by some anonymous comic—Lewis did keenly point out how this statement highlighted “real affinity” between Islamic and Communist totalitarianism, a theme his essay developed quite well, and at some length.
French sociologist and ex-Communist Jules Monnerot, in 1949, five years prior to the publication of Lewis’s essay, published a brilliant historical and doctrinal analysis elaborating the intimate connections between the Muslim creed, and modern Communism. Indeed the title of Monnerot’s first chapter dubbed Communism as “The Twentieth-Century Islam.” Monnerot elucidated these two primary shared characteristics of Islam and Communism: “conversion”—followed by subversion—from within, and the fusion of “religion” and state. He argued, “Communism takes the field both as a secular religion and as a universal State; it is therefore . . . comparable to Islam…,” while each also “…work[s] outside the[ir] imperial frontiers to undermine the social structure of neighboring States.”
The late Islamologist Maxime Rodinson warned in 1974 of a broad academic campaign—which has clearly warped the judgment of policymakers across the politico-ideological spectrum—“to sanctify Islam and the contemporary ideologies of the Muslim world.” A pervasive phenomenon, Rodinson ruefully described the profundity of its deleterious consequences:
“Understanding [of Islam] has given way to apologetics pure and simple.”
An ex-Communist himself, Maxime Rodinson (d. 2004), reaffirmed the essential validity of Monnerot’s 1949 comparison between Islam and Communism. During a September 28, 2001, interview with Le Figaro, Rodinson acknowledged that while still a Communist, he had taken umbrage with Monnerot’s assessment. But having long since renounced the Communist Party, Rodinson (circa September, 2001) conceded that there were “striking similarities” between Communism and Islam, noting that like Communism, traditional Islam promulgated “an ideology that claims to explain everything, drawing on a vision of the world that is fiercely paranoid [and] conspiratorial.”
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36 Comments
4 years ago
Marxdystopia
4 years ago
Sacred pigs
4 years ago
ENGLANDS’ HERITAGE
4 years ago
KUFFAR CLUB
4 years ago
Iran’s Communists discovered how much the muslums valued their alliance when the Ayatrollah Khomeni ordered them exterminated.
4 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
That same fate awaits the Commiecrats in the USA along with the gays should the Muslims prevail.
4 years ago
Yep!
4 years ago
I think the general opinion on the destructive effect of communism and islam has been well documented on many free speech forums and on youtube.
My simple observations are that, it is shown time and time again that it is very easy to control people of low IQ whilst at the same time entering an idea of politics of envy, ie socialism. As we see so often in the media and on TV, how these dirty rich people should share their wealth to the lazy unwashed. The same people incidentally that work for the company that these dirty rich people have created, that pays them well, provides sick pay, maternity leave and so on. But they want everything but want to sacrifice and do nothing for it. So easy then to join an ideology that promises exactly that but requires very little in return.
The same could be said of the invasion of islam in to western cultures. We in the west are perceived as the dirty rich, who have sacrificed nothing to obtain our free way of life and moral values and should therefore, rightfully, allow ourselves to be plundered. Or at least this is how our traitorous UK government is behaving by allowing people with totally barbaric ideologies to colonise and destroy our way of life.
The question is, what do we do about it???
4 years ago
Reply to
Clem Jackson
If you read the comments of the U.N. Secretary-General UN Secretary-General António Guterres, a Portuguese socialist who has now appointed Canadian socialist zealot, Louis Arbour, as his Special Representative on Migration (your don’t get such a position unless of kindred spirit), their belief is that ‘no one should be left behind’. If any people are “left behind” i.e. the West, it stems from the fact that they lacked the imagination, curiosity, ingenuity and intelligence to create or invent for themselves. The Muslim world and Africa are prime examples of this deficiency. So to compensate for this deficiency the United Nation intends bringing Muslims – who never invent a thing – to the West. This U.N, imbecile, António Guterres, says that these migrants will enrich these societies and help them move forward. In fact, anyone who believes such bollocks is a moron. Any Western leader who believes the U.N. nonsense should be thrown out of office. Obviously Hungary’s admirable Viktor Orban does not swallow this rubbish, but Canada’s special moron, Justin Trudeau, laps it up like a poodle at the drinking bowl – yet when recently this imbecile attended a victory rally for the Toronto Raptors basket ball team, mindlessly stupid Ontarions who are a special breed of stupid, cheered this fool of a man if a hero.
4 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
Guttieres is speaking with deliberate forked tongue: he doesnt mean “enrich” he means “control”. The muzzies, as English prophet, Enoch Powell so aptly put it ” have the whip hand” over the rest of us. But the left that invited them in are the useful idiots of pisslam and when the muzxies gain complete control they wont share it with anyone else.
4 years ago
Reply to
Clem Jackson
Correct. But, Izsham does have something of value to the Western politicians who invite them here:
A robust drug trade, human trafficking, and rampant crime that demands a police state.
For the Marxist-Liberals (oxymoron), this is a dream come true. They will be the ones that Marx so longingly looked for that will burn Western civilization to the ground.
4 years ago
Reply to
BigMG
“Izsham” – well done. Sadly it may be too late for the suicidal leaders of the EU nations including but not limited to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy to prevent their inevitable forced conversion to Islam. If the United States, where I still live semi-free, fails to reelect Donald Trump next year, it too will soon take the lemming plunge into either the deep green sea or the deep red one. At best we will be a divided country with Red States and Green States. Our two parties will be the Muzzie or the Marxist. Those of us not willing to go along to get along will be quickly converted to ashes.
4 years ago
Communism, Islam, Socialism were all invented to DESTROY and TAKE DOWN capitalism or the American way. Satan will use either of these to bring down America and the West.
I still don’t know how communism could trick so many DUMB Americans. You have such a great blessing with this system.
But looks like you have FORGOTTEN your God and now He’ll forget you and turn you over to your ENEMIES.
4 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
Communism, Islam, Socialism were all invented to:-
CONTROL PEOPLE
4 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
Not for long if you listen to the millennials who now, when polled, believe that socialism is a better system than capitalism. Not looking real good for the future of the US. They have been indoctrinated all their lives to believe this thanks to the public schools and universities. What a sad state of affairs! Glad I’m on the second half of my life and hopefully will not have to see it. Then again, if the Democrats win it will be sooner rather than later.
4 years ago
Marxist and Islamic ideology are similar because both were designed for destroy the † West † and then hold on to power until a NWO can be forced globally; a globalist plan of conquest that is over 1400 years old.
4 years ago
Reply to
Rick Gouveia
Plus they give these leaders every form of debauchery they can imagine. And, they’ve got some pretty sick imaginations.
4 years ago
Even Marxists worship some kind of god: the self, possessions, etc.
4 years ago
Excommunication is much kinder on the excommunicated than the penalty for apostasy
under Islam!
4 years ago
ordinary dems/muslims
4 years ago
A stupid credo! If there is “no God”, then how can anyone, let alone Karl Marx, “be his prophet”? If there is no God, then there is no he or she claiming to be anything called God.
4 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
That is just the point – it is obvious that they consider themselves their own god – but we know it is Satan behind it all.
4 years ago
Reply to
Bart's Bantering
What beats me with these mental midgets is that they never see Marxism, socialism or communism for what it is. After in 1917 Lenin got into power in Russia (later ruling it with Gregor Zienoviev and Lev Kamenev – and Trotsky as their savage sidekick), he systematically murdered 19 million Russians – most of them got a bullet in the back of their head. Strangely enough, some academics try to fashion Lenin as a sort of ‘nice guy’ who didn’t do anything nasty. It’s all a lie. He was a hateful and bloodthirsty savage who despised Russians, regarding most if then stupid. So when we hear of Stalin being responsible for the murder of about 53 million, that additional 19 million is invariably forgotten. When at university in Canada a communist female lecturer asked the stupid question of why the West needed to broadcast propaganda to the Soviet Union. I reminded her the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe hardly measured up to what was coming out of the East. I then asked her why if things were so good in Russia and Eastern Europe they needed to build double fences with mines in between from the top to the bottom of Europe, and then the Berlin Wall. I added,”They sure didn’t do that to prevent people from rushing in for the pleasure of living under communism, did they?” She was infuriated, unused to such a challenged and after stomping around a bit strode out of the lecture room. The lecture was over. Later during her next lecture she ranted and raved about that rotten South African student. A Canadian friend who was there related this to me.
So all the millions who died under communism count for nothing to these modern-day communists like Bernie Sanders and the idiots who support him. Neither does the economic collapse and all the reports of the millions who suffered and died in the camps of the gulag.
4 years ago
Islam and Marxism: Two peas in a demonic pod
4 years ago
This article is one of the best written and researched articles I have read exposing the relationship between Islam and Marxism that binds the two demonic creeds together.
4 years ago
Yes Clem, it is easy to manipulate people of low IQ . We have mistakenly equated education with intelligence. That is why the democrats appear to be better speakers and such but they have been trained like hollywood actors to appear and speak like those in the TV programs.
Proscribe islam or be a slave to sharia!
4 years ago
‘There is no God, and Karl Marx is his prophet.’”
This is ludicrous on it’s face as only entities can have prophets, usually human entities.
4 years ago
Communism and Socialism make everyone equal…..equally destitute and miserable.
4 years ago
Superb essay, thanks very much! Puts both cults in a nutshell.
4 years ago
Simply stated: Totalitarian birds of a feather flock together.
Communism, Socialism, Nazism and Islam are all totalitarian ideologies. Mein Kempf is a version of the Islamic “Struggle” of Jihad. They also share hatred of Jews.
But the Western ideologies of Communism, Socialism and Nazism are relative “newbies” in terms of totalitarianism and amateurs in the area of genocides compared to the 1400 year h/o of Islam’s reign of terror. So in the final analysis if this Leftist Marxist Globalist-Islamic Axis of Evil plays out..it won’t end up with a secular NWO with the commie infidels in charge but a world-wide Islamic caliphate. Already the IslamoNazis have a choke-hold on the UN.
4 years ago
Both are ideologies which I think largely belong in the distant past.
4 years ago
The seeds of Marxism can be found in the writings and social experiments of Robert Owen in 1820 to 1830 Great Britain. No society ever developed by Owen ever survived, and he went through numerous iterations each better than the last. Most people do not know enough history of the world of that period. This is why remembering history can be so important. The first widely circulated book written by Carl Marx was not until 1848, and communism did not really get going until the early 1900’s. Marx was likely influenced by Owen a great deal, and so was trying to develop a better form of socialism. It can’t be done! They will all fail for similar reasons because they invariably polarize any and all societies using this philosophy. Capitalism is the best economic system ever developed by mankind, and the Constitutional Republic of which the U.S. is based, is the best form of government ever developed by mankind. It uses a special form of Democracy, unique unto itself. Islam must be struggling to maintain its viability by shoring up its political and economic systems by incorporating elements of socialism into itself. It is one failing system combining with another system that will eventually fail. In fact it will fail quicker because the synergy will be in reverse! The violence (Jihad) it promotes to grow the system can only delay the inevitable collapse, and the non-Muslim governments could speed this up by fighting back against the violence.
