The Life of Revolution Sprang From the Death of Zakat and the Life of Usury
The origin of all revolutions, all anarchy and corruption; the inciter and source of evils, depravity and abomination,
are only two words or two phrases: The first is this: “I’m full, so what is it to me
if others die of hunger?” And the second: “You suffer so I can be comfortable. You work so that I can eat. The food’s for me, labouring’s for you.”
There is one single cure for the fatal poison of the first phrase, that will cut it at the root and heal it:
That is the zakat of the Shari‘a, a pillar of Islam. In the second phrase is a tree of Zaqqum; what will extirpate it is the prohibition on usury and interest.
If mankind wants what’s best and it loves life, it must impose zakat and abolish usury and interest.