The Ruling on Communism and Belonging to that Party

All praise and thanks be to Allah, Alone and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him after whom there is no Prophet. As for what follows:

Among the important subjects which the Committee of the Fiqh Academy has studied is the subject of communism and socialism and the problems that have resulted from its ideological assault on the Islamic world, on the national level as well as on the individuals of the nations and their beliefs. All of this is happening while there is a lack of clarification about the of harms of this dangerous assault.

The Fiqh Academy has observed that many countries in the Islamic world are suffering from an intellectual and ideological vacuum. In particular, these imported ideas and beliefs which have spread amongst the Muslim people have created a spiritual wasteland and brought about an intellectual and moral decay and destroyed human values and devastated all fundamentals of goodness in the community. It is abundantly clear that the large nations, of varying political systems and leanings have attempted by all means to destroy the unity of all the Islamic nations, due to enmity towards Islam and fear of it spreading and awakening its people. For this reason, all of the countries opposed to Islam have concentrated on two important matters: beliefs and morals.

In the area of beliefs, they have encouraged all of those who profess the communist ideology, otherwise known as socialism, enlisting the services of radio, newspapers, electronic media and paid writers. Sometimes they label it 'freedom' and sometimes progress' and sometimes 'democracy' and other such expressions. And they refer to all those who are against this, such as those who try to remedy the situation and to preserve values, high standards, and Islamic teachings as 'reactionary,' 'backward,' 'opportunist' and such like.

In the area of morals, they call for the sexual liberation and free mixing of the sexes and they call this 'progress' and 'freedom'. They know perfectly well that once they have extirpated religion and morals, they will have achieved intellectual, financial and political domination. Once this is attained, they will have realized absolute control over all elements of benefit and reformation and they will use them as they wish. This will cause an outpouring of ideological and political strife. They have also undertaken their financial support, supplying them with money, weapons and media so that they may become strong in their communities and take control of the governments. After which they will not be held to account for their acts of murder, terror, suppression of freedom, imprisonment of every religious person, and all those of high moral character.

For this reason, because the communist assault has ruined Islamic countries which did not protect themselves against them with religious and moral values, and since it is within the purview of the Fiqh Academy - both scientific and religious - to warn of the dangers which may result from this major ideological and political offense, which is being pursued via all means, including, media, military and others, therefore, the Committee of the Academy of Islamic Fiqh which sits in the Noble city of Makkah has determined the following:

The opinion of the Committee of the Academy is that the governments and peoples of the Muslim world be made aware of the incontestable fact that communism is incompatible with Islam and that embracing it is a rejection of the religion chosen by Allah for His creatures, and that it destroys human standards and moral virtues, that it causes the disintegration of human society and the Islamic Muhammadan Law, which is the final Revealed Religion sent down from One Who is Most Wise, Worthy of all praise, to bring mankind out of darkness and into light.

It is a complete political system for governments and a perfect social, cultural and economic system. It protects those who depend upon it by Allah's Permission from all of the evils which have torn apart the Muslims, undermined their strength and destroyed their unity, especially in those societies which had previously known Islam, only to put it behind them, disregarding it.

For this reason and others, Islam in particular has been the focal point of a fierce attack from this dangerous communist/ socialist aggression, whose aim is to control its ideology, its standards and its governments. Therefore, the Committee urges the governments and the Muslim peoples to be aware of their obligation to counter this invasive threat, by all manner of means, including the following:

a) Once it has been established that they have been infiltrated by poisonous, atheist, communist ideas from the plots of the war against the Islamic nations being waged in their own homes at the hands of some of their sons who are educated, or writers etc., then every educational program and syllabus currently in use must immediately be re-examined.

b) That an immediate review be made of all administrative systems in Islamic countries. Especially the administrations of publication, finance, business, both domestic and foreign, and the offices of regional administration, to ensure that their technology, setup and the foundations on which they are established concur with correct Islamic principals, which will ensure the preservation of the nations and peoples and protect their societies from hatred and animosity, spreading the spirit of brotherhood, cooperation and happiness among them.

c) To appeal to the Islamic governments and peoples to set up specialist schools and train trustworthy preachers in order to repel this aggression by all manner of means, and counter it with profound, yet easily understood studies for all those who wish to know the truth about this foreign assault and its dangers from the Islamic perspective of truth; then, as these schools and preachers increase in numbers in any Muslim country, it is hoped that they will exterminate these deviant, foreign ideologies and thus a company of knowledgeable, active, disciplined, positive people will arise, who will provide the strength to oppose every movement which aims to remove the last remnants of Islamic values from the souls of the people.

The Committee also calls upon the Muslim scholars in every place and all Islamic organizations around the world to fight against these dangerous, heretical ideologies whose aim is to exterminate their beliefs, doctrines and laws and seek to control them and their countries, and (we call upon them) to make clear to the people the truth of socialism and communism, and that they are at war with Islam.

Allah speaks the truth and He guides to the (correct) path; all praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and may peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Leader, Muhammad and upon his family and Companions.