Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.
Recently, I read Anarchism for Beginners by Marcos Mayer (New Hampshire, For Beginners: 2003). (Just for the record, I think these 'cartoon' guides often serve as good introductory texts on a range of subjects.) While reading this book, I was struck by certain apparent similarities between strains of anarchist thought and the Islamic principles, practices and behaviours presented in The Qur'an [=The Final Proclamation of God/Allah to humanity]; in particular, Joseph Proudhon's anti-statist and pro-federalist idea of multiple contracts at all levels - individual, regional, national and international - freely established in a 'grass-roots' (or bottom-up) fashion. (Anarchists, as the word implies, are an-archists, that is, opposed to top-down and centralised social organisations such as 'The State' which impose law/rule from above on those below. Contrary to contemporary (mis-)understanding, anarchism does not necessarily mean chaos and/or lawlessness. In fact, I would argue that much mis/disinformation has been spread about anarchism as a political ideology and/or movement in order to discredit it and prevent reasoned consideration of ideas associated with it.)
In what follows, I will explore briefly some connections between Islam, anarchism and 'negative' conceptions of government. The aim is to further Islamic counter-Racism by contributing to the critique of the notion of 'The State'.
It may be a dis-advantage to give Our Socio-Material (politico-economic)System a 'name' (label) which has already been 'dis-credited' by Taghoot's Big-lie Machine (The press, the Media, etc). A 'Poly-System' (utilizing the best aspect/s of each/every system/s) may be the nearest tool to aiding the production of Justice. Notwithstanding the fact that the "Anarchists" read (and understand) more Quran than many individual-people who classify themselves as Muslim, it may not be a saleable idea to name/label a future Socio-Material System as "Anarchism" or "Islamic", however much potential Justice and/or Peace can be produced. Taghoot's Big-Lie Machine continues to stupefy and dumb-down the peoples to the extent that an effective number is unlikely to (re-)consider the possibility of any system other than Taghoot’s own under the guise/label of ‘D’mock-Race-y