Man and Fear
In the previous sections, we have shown how by evolving Islamic laws from the Medinese to the Meccan level, the Second Message of Islam paves the way to the creation of a modern, progressive society where democracy and socialism are happily married together and where social equality prevails. This kind of society, where men are secured against poverty, coercion and social discrimination is, however, only a partial answer to the crisis of modern man. This is because what essentially bedevils man’s life is fear, both acquired in his lifetime and inherited from his animal and human ancestors. Now, the construction of a good society, along the lines suggested above, alleviates man’s acquired fear. But to finally conquer fear, whether acquired or inherited, man must be provided with a method, by which he gains access to the real source of genuine and certain knowledge, where it becomes apparent to him that evil is contingent and transient, whereas good is fundamental and permanent. This kind of knowledge is a precondition for achieving absolute individual freedom. But what do we mean by absolute individual freedom? 
