The New World Order of Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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The New World Order of Islam — Page 20

New World Order 20 of production would be put and everybody would be bound to obey. (5) That intellectual effort divorced from manual labour has no value. The basis of all production is manual labour. Everybody must, therefore, make a contribution through manual labour, and those who refuse to do so shall have no claim upon the State or the community. (6) To ensure the spread and successful working of these principles, a policy of offence rather than of defence should be adopted. By the application of the first of these principles the Bolsheviks took possession of all property, wealth and other sources of production. In accordance with the second principle, Bolshe- vism charges itself with providing for the needs of every manual worker. It is the duty of the Bolshevik Government to provide food, clothing, shelter, fuel etc. , to each family in proportion to its numbers and also to make provision of medical attendance and relief. The only persons, who are excluded from the benefits of this system, are those who refuse to undertake manual labour and thus disentitle themselves to these benefits. In accordance with the third principle, the State appropriates to itself all surplus in production and in the sources of production. For instance, if a peasant is