Procrotus and White Land levies

Procrotus in Greek mythology was the owner of a small building in the area of Cordials between the cities of Athens and Aaloss. Procrotus was known for his generosity in hosting passers-by and offering them fine dinners. Then he used to invite them to spend the night at his place although he had only one bed. One of Procrotus’s good merits was also his quest for perfection and accuracy. He wanted everything to be in its place, in good quantity, without shortage or excess and to be always in harmony. Don’t you think he was a good man? Don’t rush to answer, and just call him the Greek Hatem Al Ta’ee.
Procrotus’s love of perfection and accuracy was beyond the normal standards. He had one bed to offer to his guests and he always wanted to offer a bed suitable for the size of his guest. But the problem with people is that they were not at all the same length or size. However, he found a very simple solution, which I advise anybody suffering from heart or blood pressure problems not read on with caution.
Procrotus’s solution was to tie the guest to the bed; if the guest was short, he would keep pulling his legs until they are dislocated from his pelvis to match with the length of the bed. In case the guest was too tall for the bed, Procrotus would spend the night sawing at his long legs!
I recalled Procrotus, when I read the recommendation of the Shoura council on the white lands issue and the wishes of many people that these lands are exempted from taxes. In the eyes of Procrotus, people’s calls for exemption of these lands represent an unforgivable mistake. In his eyes, everything should be adapted to the system not the other way round. The system is not going to sleep on the bed of vast white lands, and stretch or saw its legs to fit these lands that were formed with the early creation of the earth. Its development started from gas, its freezing composition of ice, water and vast lands — through to the separation of land mass and divided into continents. Then someone, one way or another owns these lands, and they turn into a money machine generating thousands or millions without any effort from that landowner. Only economy inhibitors understand this strange concept. Yes, I call them inhibitors. Imagine the volume of frozen wealth in the form of lands that represent around one-third of the wealth of our nation. These lands do not bear any expenses or effort at all. On the other hand, factories and other service-based institutions employ thousands of workers in our country helping our national production and economy. Nevertheless, these institutions do not profit as much as the landowner of white lands who may not be hiring a single employee. The logical consequence is that the owner of the factory or the service-based institution would ask himself: Am I idiot? I work hard in this factory to profit little while my friend the landowner makes a hundredfold. Then he buys himself another bed to enjoy systematic stretching or sawing of the system while making a lot of money.
I would like the opinion of a religious scholar who values social integrity which ultimately aims at unity, solidarity and security: Does Islam encourage monopoly of huge fortunes that are of no consequence to others against the benefit to millions of people are in dire need of food and shelter?
My faith and belief as a Muslim, protective of his religion and confident that it is the best heavenly and earthly system to serve the needs of humanity, makes me sure it cannot accept this. Our religion can never be the bed of Procrotus. I believe that Procrotus was devilish and sadistic. However, Islam is the very source of goodness and love.

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