askchapo

22524 readers

56 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

Posts must ask a question.
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
Try [email protected] if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.
Posts about mental health should go in [email protected] you are loved here :meow-hug: but !mentalhealth is much better equipped to help you out <3.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

What religion, if any, is most compatible with communist ideology? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

74 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I always believed religion was incompatible with a society rooted in addressing material reality, although I know we have have religious users and wanted to hear people's takes.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In 1924, Haji Omar Said Tjokroaminoto, the leader of Sarekat Islam, then the biggest political party in Indonesia, published a monograph (113 pages) on Islam and socialism.

Is there any chance you can point me to an English translation of this text? I seem to be getting texts of the same title by other authors

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately, I don't think there's ever been a full translation of Tjokroaminoto's Islam dan Sosialisme into English. :-(

In my English copy of Syed Hussen Alatas's Islam and Socialism (which is itself a translation from Malay to English) from which I copied the above extracts, the footnotes say that the English translation of Tjokroaminoto's words being quoted are Alatas's own translation. In fact, I think the only extant full translation of Tjokroaminoto's book is from the original Indonesian to Malay.