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This article, as a continuation of the scientific criticism tradition, contains criticism of Karl Marx’s general criticism of religion. In this study, unlike other scientific criticisms, the rejection of Marxist criticism of religion is based on Islamic principles. In this framework in the first chapter of our article the reasons of Marx’s criticism of religion taking also note of his Christianity roots are investigated according to his private motives. By this way the reality that Marx was coming under the comparable thoughts of other thinkers is. In this regard, the first chapter includes three assumptions of Marx’s criticism of religion which were studied in detail. These assumptions are in the following way: 1.) Religion is a human work. 2 ) The religion is an opium on people. and 3. Religion is an exploitation instrument with the purpose of alienation and reification of people. The capacity of our article is that these three assumptions even though are against the deformed Christianity are valued by the principles of Islam. In that context the second chapter of our article amplifies Islam, having also a world-view but unlike other religions and human systems, in its divinity and that this original feature is in existence up to now. In this spirit Islam is not a product of human beings but it is a true religion which is based on Tawhid (to believe that there is no God but Allah). Because a religion is one that is revealed only by God. In the same chapter it is proved that Islam is far away from theomorphism (deification of human being) and anthropomorphism (humanization of God) which are contradictory to Tawhid (Singularity and Unity of God) faith on the basis of the Quran and Hadith. In a final step it is determined that Islam is not only a religion which comments on eternity it is also a social and universal religion that addresses the world on the axis of dualism. The purpose of the article is to show that, contrary to Marx’s hypothesis of religion, Islam is not alienating people, but a religion that is at peace with its own soul and thus can create a just social order for all people living in the world.

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