The New World Order of Islam — Page 21
New World Order 21 able to produce 50 maunds * of grain on his holding, whereas his requirements could be met out of 20 maunds , the extra 30 maunds would be appropriated by the State. Or again, if a holding is in excess of the area sufficient to maintain the peasant and his family the excess area must be surrendered to the State. As a result of the fourth principle, Bolshevism has deprived peasants, traders and artisans of all liberty of action by prescribing what each will or will not do. All agriculture, industry, trade and commerce must be carried on as prescribed by the State. The State determines what shall be grown or produced in each area and the peasants have no choice in the matter. The same is the case with other occupations and activities. Everybody has thus been reduced to the level of a task labourer. The fifth principle has been utilized as a weapon against religion, inasmuch as by its application ministers of religion became disentitled to all relief. As a priest did no manual work, he was not entitled to have his needs fulfilled. The result was that the priestly class were compelled to devote the whole or the greater part of their time to manual labour, that is to say, to secular occupations. A powerful attack on religion has been delivered * Unit of weight equivalent to approximately 37 kilograms.