Islam and Communism — Page 35
35 of due effort, make both ends meet. . Summing Up. . To sum up, Communism weakens : (a) a Individual effort and destroys natural incentives to work%; (b) It kills feelings of human sympathy and fellow-feelings; (c). It puts no value upon brain work and thus lets it decline; (d) It ties down man's economic condition to unnatural external props%; (e) It deals a death-blow to spirituality and sows the seed of atheism and materialism. . In sharp contrast to this, Islam adopts: (a) via media between Communism and Capitalism, combining the good points and discarding the abuses of both; (b) It admits the right of an individual to what he has earned by his effort and at the same time devises a machinery for a fair distribution of national wealth; (c) It leaves an open door to everyone to make use of the natural resources of wealth; (d) It keeps alive and strengthens sentiments of love, sympathy and fellow-feeling, (e) It keeps