The position of religious leaders changed substantially after the 1969 revolution and the introduction of scientific socialism.
The campaign for scientific socialism intensified in 1972.
The government continued to organize training courses for shaykhs in scientific socialism.
The regime adopted "scientific socialism" as the country's constitutional ideology.
It was but a short step from this to the blind faith in scientific socialism and dictatorship of the proletariat.
The organisation now works for the betterment of students with its focus on peace, progress and scientific socialism.
He added: "Or is this too much to ask of blacks committed to scientific socialism?"
What he was learning had less to do with scientific socialism than with the morality of politics, and it would change his life.
It was a reward, in part, for declaring "scientific socialism" the country's ideology.
A fight for scientific socialism has started here but yet to gain right momentum.