declares that there is no God and that the message of communism is to abolish religions.

By the denial of the existence of God, communism contradicts and ignores rail morals and spiritual values and kills the incentive in man to evaluate and respect all non-materialistic ideas. It thus makes man nothing but a tool in a big factory and kills the humane side in him.

These facts are evidenced by the great prosecution which Christianity and priests suffered at the hands of communists who believe that religion, any religion, is the opium of nations. They believe moreover that religion is something the nation should get rid of in order to achieve her goals in progress and prosperity.

Thus we see that communism is based almost and foremost on a very false assumption, namely, that man is nothing but a body without a soul. In so doing communism is defeating its own aim and is anti-nature itself. Man is composed of a body and. a soul and any regime who ignores anyone of those two sides of man is apt to fall. Human beings can never tolerate to be treated. as animals, nay, but as tools in a big factory.

In this respect, we find that communism is quite alien to Islam, which is based on a belief in one Almighty God Who created. both our eternal souls and mortal bodies. Islam as such caters for both the soul and the body.

In fact, according to Islam, we are humans due to our souls rather than to our bodies. The essence of life for a Muslim is his strong belief in God, the Most Merciful the Most Beneficent. He is the Lord of the worlds and the Creator of the universe, to Him everything belongs and unto Him everything ends.

It is beyond communists to appreciate the great effect of the belief in God on human souls. Even to the present day after these long years of spreading communistic principles in Russia, the communists were unable to extinguish completely the instinct of belief in God among all the Russians.