What is Political Islam?
Abbas Goya Political Islam (PI)—also referred to as Islamism—as understood by Marxian socialists, denotes an ultra-right, nationalist, independent, and extremely violent political movement. It is fundamentally anti-communist, anti-worker, and deeply misogynist. At first glance, PI may appear compatible with capitalism, particularly in its most brutal form, where workers are stripped of rights and cheap labor is the primary source of profit. However, this compatibility is superficial. Political Islam is grounded in the raw, misogynist, backward, and violent doctrines and social customs of Islam. As such, it fails to sustain the essential structural requirements of a functioning capitalist system. Like all religions in their unrefined form, Islam belongs historically to the feudal mode of production. It cannot adequately serve as the superstructure of capitalism across political, social, economic, and cultural domains. During the Cold War, political Islam occupied a marginal position in ...