Can Communist, and Fascist follow Freemason?

The supplied texts do not set out the explicit masonic statutes or jurisdictional qualifications regarding the admission of Communists or Fascists. What the sources do record is that members of the Italian National Fascist Party held masonic membership in the early 1920s, until the Grand Fascist Council resolved in February 1923 that party members must choose between Fascism and Freemasonry 1. Following that directive, some members resigned from the Craft while others chose to remain Freemasons 1. Shortly thereafter, Fascist, Nazi, and Falangist totalitarian regimes outlawed the Fraternity entirely, conducting systematic anti-Masonic campaigns, confiscating lodge property, and subjecting members to imprisonment and execution 1.

With respect to general candidate qualifications, entry into regular Freemasonry requires a belief in God and the use of prayer 1. The available texts do not address Communist membership, nor do they record specific masonic rules regarding political affiliations beyond documenting the total hostility and persecution directed against Freemasonry by totalitarian regimes.