The New World Order of Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

Page 18 of 185

The New World Order of Islam — Page 18

New World Order 18 retention of the death penalty even though its only use was to put the Czar to death. As I have said, Lenin was able to carry a majority of the party with him, but when the revolution broke out and the Czar was compelled to abdicate, it was the Mensheviks who first came into power, as the other parties in the country were more ready and willing to lend them their support. This did not last very long, however, and the Bolsheviks were very soon able to assert themselves and to seize power. 3 I shall now proceed to describe the economic system advocated by the Bolsheviks. It must be remembered that the objective of this system is to stamp out the distinction between the rich and the poor and to see that everybody has food, clothing, and medical relief; and that all have their ordinary needs met according to a standard which should be the same for everybody. In short, their object is to do away with all the economic handicaps that operate against the poor. The principles upon which this system is based in accordance with Marxian theory are as follows: (1) From each according to his capacity. For the sake of illustration, assume that one man owns ten acres of land and another a hundred. The levy from