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attacked and defeated, because its claims were not in agreement with
the reality. It also becomes clear that the Islamic thought with which
the communist thought was attacked is true because it agrees with reality.
So in this issue the thought of Hizb ut-Tahrir has defeated the
communist thought. Also, for instance, the Capitalist thought defines
society as consisting of individuals, i.e. an individual, plus another
individual and another individual etc. make up society. Thus, the society
for them is a group of individuals that have gathered together. So this
thought, if it is true, will agree with the reality and if it is false its
contradiction to the reality will be apparent. When it is criticised and
attacked, it is criticised on this basis. Hizb ut-Tahrir has attacked it and
said that this definition is wrong because individuals only make a group
and not a society. When permanent relationships arise between people
they become a society, and when there are no permanent relationships
between them they do not form a society. This is because they are
nothing more than travel companions, each going to the port he intends
to go. Whilst the inhabitants of a village of about two hundred people,
for example, form a society, because they have permanent relationships.
Therefore, the definition of the Capitalists is purely mistaken, because
if a group of individuals do not have permanent relationships arising
amongst them, they cannot be a society in any manner whatsoever.
Hence the Capitalist thought regarding the definition of society is
defeated and it is clear that it is false because of its contradiction with the
reality. In order to comprehend the definition of society correctly one
has to study it deeply. Relationships arise between individuals based on
their interests. Thus, the interests of individuals are what create the
relationships. The thoughts of the individuals must unite over something
in terms of whether it is or not an interest in order for the relationship
to exist. Their consent, anger, delight and sorrow regarding it must also
unite. In other words, their emotions must unite in order for the
relationship to exist. The system by which they treat this interest must
also unite in order for the relationship to exist. When the thoughts differ
over the interest: (one of them considers it an interest and the other
one does not consider it an interest), or when the emotions differ, (so
that one is happy about it and the other is angry about it), or if the
systems differ (if one wishes to solve it by a particular system and the
other wishes to solve it by another system). If any one of these elements,
namely the thoughts, emotions and systems differed among the
individuals regarding an issue, then there will be no relationship, i.e. no
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society. Thus, Hizb ut-Tahrir, after demonstrating the fallacy of the
Capitalist thought regarding the definition of society, has come and
defined society as being a collection of people, thoughts, emotions and
systems. In other words, it is the unification of the thoughts, emotions
and systems of individuals over the interest that forms relationships and
so a society exists. With this understanding the Capitalist thought has
been attacked and exposed because it contradicts the reality and it is
clear that the thought with which it was attacked is true because it agrees
with reality. Thus, the thought of Hizb ut-Tahrir in this issue has
dismantled the Capitalist thought, and so on and so forth. If the thought
with which the Capitalists attacked and challenged Islam was correct,
Islam would have been defeated and not the Muslims. But the thought
with which they undermined Islam does not actually conform to reality
and the Islamic thought that is being attacked is actually what agrees
with reality. Thus the true Islamic thought has been challenged by a false
thought but the carriers of the truth were not aware of it, in addition to
the weak intellectual conviction. Thus, shocking defeat was inflicted on
the ummah.
These were some of the thoughts and rules of Islam that were attacked
by Capitalist thoughts and rules. As for the attack on the Islamic Shari’ah,
they used the new issues and issues which only exist in the Capitalist
society to show that the Shari’ah is unable to solve new problems. The
angle of the Western discussion was that they would give the opinion of
the Capitalist system regarding a problem and then attack Islam by saying
that such an opinion does not exist in Islam nor does it hold such a
view. Thus they concluded that Islam has an inflexible legislation that is
unable to comply with time and does not give solutions to the problems
that exist in every age. It therefore fails to permit usury although the
age has come to need it. It is also unable to clarify the rule on insurance
despite the fact that the trade and industry that emerged in this age
require it. In addition, it cannot explain the trade relations between states
according to the requirements of the age. Therefore, it is not fit to be the
legislation for a nation or a system for a state in this modern age and in
the new ages where there will be new problems and issues that arise
with time. This is the basis of discussion that the Westerners lay down
and carried the discussion with the Muslims on its foundation and
challenged Islam with it. The Muslims proceeded with the discussion
on this basis. That is why they became confused, because it was not
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