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Marx’s Religious Dilemma: An Islamic Reply

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104448, PP. 1-26

Subject Areas: Philosophy

Keywords: Religion, Society, Dogmas, Theology, Criticism

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Religious concepts of Karl Marx were reactionary and he considered religion as a tool in the hands of oppressors and further captions it as an essence of no individual and social value. His influence travelled with him and socialist philosophy took a new turn and started abolishing religious norms in order to build an all atheist culture. Marx linked religion with economy and financial prosperity and made it responsible for societal failure. This research initiative is based upon Marx’s writings and his sole contribution in the very right perspective of how he took the notion of religion? and strives to establish true position of religion as social phenomenon. The researcher focused to establish the fact that Marx’s criticism of religion was not the criticism of religion but the existing world where it is being implemented and practiced. This paper attempts to counter Marx’s religious confusions in the light of Islamic fundamentals and further tries to prove that Islam in its own capacity counters all the observations posed by Marx while referencing the word “religion”.

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Junaid, M. R. and Naz, K. (2018). Marx’s Religious Dilemma: An Islamic Reply. Open Access Library Journal, 5, e4448. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1104448.

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