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Jesus was Jewish, but Christians aren't
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As an atheist who tries to do the right thing for people, same. If he lived today, Jesus would probably be a communist and thrown out by Christians.
I'm certain there are Muslim commies, probably some Christian commies too, right? The redistribution of wealth (if not the means of production) in a more equitable manner and the condemnation of greed are part of and at the core the message of prophets Jesus and Mohammed. 👍
For sure. It's just not a part of modern day American Christianity, where they worship Supply Side Jesus. Probably all Christians and Muslims should be somewhere near communist if they follow the faith.
Islamic socialism is a huge thing. Why do you think the US backed the Shah in Iran? Who was the Shah imprisoning?
The Koran absolutely forbids charging interest (which is why there is an entire alternate Islamic banking system) and one of the five pillars of Islam is zakat - giving money to the needy. Shariah explicitly demands forms of land redistribution and mandates zakat.
If you read Qutb (literally wrote a book called Social Justice in Islam), you realize that there’s actually a substantial group of people who are very heavily inspired by Marx and Lenin, and also believe that apostates should be killed.