Editing Socialism (section)

=== Religious socialism ===
{{main|Religious socialism}}
[[Christian socialism]] is a broad concept involving an intertwining of Christian religion with socialism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leech |first1=Kenneth |author1-link=Kenneth Leech |year=2000 |chapter=Socialism |editor1-last=Hastings |editor1-first=Adrian |editor1-link=Adrian Hastings |editor2-last=Mason |editor2-first=Alistair |editor3-last=Pyper |editor3-first=Hugh |title=The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00hast |chapter-url-access=limited |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00hast/page/676 676–678] |isbn=978-0-19-860024-4 |access-date=8 August 2018 |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00hast/page/676}}</ref>

[[File:23a-Lam-Alif.png|thumb|Arabic letters "Lam" and "Alif" reading "Lā" (Arabic for "No!") are a symbol of Islamic Socialism in [[Turkey]].]]
[[Islamic socialism]] is a more [[Spirituality|spiritual]] form of socialism. Muslim socialists believe that the teachings of the [[Quran]] and [[Muhammad]] are not only compatible with, but actively promoting the principles of [[Social equality|equality]] and [[public ownership]], drawing inspiration from the early [[Muhammad in Medina|Medina welfare state]] he established. Muslim socialists are more conservative than their Western contemporaries and find their roots in [[anti-imperialism]], [[anti-colonialism]]<ref name="Reid 1974">{{cite journal |last=Reid |first=Donald M. |title=The Syrian Christians and Early Socialism in the Arab World |journal=[[International Journal of Middle East Studies]] |volume=5 |number=2 |date=1974 |pages=177–193 |doi=10.1017/S0020743800027811 |jstor=162588 |s2cid=161942887}}</ref><ref name=paracha>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/787645/islamic-socialism-a-history-from-left-to-right |title=Islamic Socialism: A history from left to right |last=Paracha |first=Nadeem F. |author-link=Nadeem F. Paracha |date=21 February 2013 |website=[[dawn.com]] |access-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> and sometimes, if in an Arab speaking country, [[Arab nationalism]]. Islamic socialists believe in deriving legitimacy from political [[Mandate (politics)|mandate]] as opposed to religious texts.