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Workers are encouraged and supported in buying shares
in their companies in order to blur the polarization
between labor and capital and to enable them to have a
vested interest in the progress of their companies.
Another rule in Islam is that money as an instrument
cannot breed money unless coupled to some
kind of production; hence, usury is unlawful in Islam.
In recent decades much has been written on usury-free
banking, and indeed a number of banks, not only in
Islamic countries but also in Europe and America,
have successfully pioneered its application.
The Equality of Man
The oneness of humanity as a single family sharing
the common grandparentage of Adam and Eve should
be emphasized and taught to children from a young
age, together with the concept of the inherent equality
of human beings. It is unfortunate that both science
and religion were, at one time, misused in Europe (and
America) to concoct evidence of the natural superiority
of the white (or Aryan) race over the others. The
false evidence in support of this claim is now dead and
buried, but its legacy continues. In most churches in
the West until now, Jesus is portrayed as a blond white
man with blue eyes, unlike the brunet, olive-complexioned
people common in the area of Palestine.
The evidence of racism in the West practically pervades
all aspects of life, and the will to change it is yet
to gather sufficient momentum. An uphill battle for
civil rights in America has been going on for decades,
and in spite of palpable progress, one cannot say that
the bitter taste of slavery has been washed away.