AL-KIAMA

People cannot trust each other anymore; relationships are being dehumanized. Peoples' confidence and hope to investigate and normalize their relation with each other is constantly declining. The human family is disintegrating. The irresponsible behavior of the majority of people all over the world threatens every religious, social, and moral institution.

Lying, falsehood, falsity, hypocrisy, duplicity, wrong, bad, sin, evil, iniquity, unfairness, immorality, wickedness, harmfulness, corruption, injustice, and every bad deed that degrades noble relations within the human race are being practiced in everyday life. Truthfulness, goodness, righteousness, morality, honesty, justice, sincerity, integrity, fidelity, candor, fairness, harmlessness and faithfulness become unpopular values.

Discontent, distrust, hatred, conspiracy, detestation, loathing, repugnance, abomination, crime, aggression, offense, murder, rape, theft, and all other destructive deeds are increasingly practiced among humans of all races and nationalities. Tolerance among people is reduced and, even worse, the trust that remains is being diminished at a fast rate.

World communities are without exception engulfed in wars; aggression and military occupations take place; famine, diseases, and disorder follow. Political, social, racial, tribal, and religious unrest erupts everywhere, and social disorder becomes the rule of the night. After sunset, the authorities retreat to their own barracks, away from the alleys and back streets where the rules of the jungle are reinforced. The strong institute their ordinances, and the weak have no choice but to abide by them.

The good and the innocent stay at home behind reinforced doors, awaiting the lights to re-appear so that order is somehow restored. At night, the bad, the renegades and the reprehensible, along with the bats and rats, are out looking for prey. Screams, howls, and wails can be heard everywhere. The strong and the bad are laughing at the night while the weak and the good are praying for salvation and sunlight.

When darkness dominates and gloom spreads its wings obstructing the light, civilization stands still. Wars in the streets erupt between the good and the bad, the good fight for self-protection and the preservation of freedom, and the bad fight to dominate, humiliate, and gain territorial control.

Many of those who are entrusted with law and order, and are designated to protect the people and uphold their rights, are controlled by corruptive methods. They lay down their sophisticated technology and turn their faces the other direction, away from their duties and obligations. Thus, the power that should be available for the protection of the citizens becomes obsolete.

During the day life turns into a struggle for earning a living and at night it becomes a striving to stay alive. The main objective of the good people is concentrated on survival, and their expectations are reduced to a minimum. They know that their powers are limited when compared to the powers of the bad.

Misery spreads all over the world and affects every individual. The economic gap between the poor and the rich widens to unreasonable levels, resulting in a rift between those who have, and those who do not. Recession, inflation, and deprivation take control over peoples’ lives.

The rich employ Special Forces, as well as the local authorities, to protect themselves from the criminals. They build high walls around themselves, and separate themselves from the rest of the community. Whereas the poor, who cannot afford such a privilege, become the prey of the criminals, or turn to crime and become criminals themselves.

The impact of this situation affects every major city in the world. The rift between different social classes widens. Community leaders emerge everywhere. Few call for tolerance and understanding, while many promote immediate and violent repercussion.

Few react by dialoguing and reasoning, whereas many react with aggression and belligerence. Unfortunately, violence supersedes love and understanding, and the language of arms overshadows words.

Community leaders call for the preservation of their own kind, breed, and race, and neglect the human race. Many leaders politicize their movements and turn them into liberation fronts, some to liberate the poor from the rich, others to liberate their kind from others. This escalates into ethnic confrontations, resulting in massacres and genocide.

People everywhere are suffering from the degradation of human qualities and the increase of violence. In North, Central, and South America. In Western and Eastern Europe. In Africa, Asia, and the Far East. The hottest is the region of the Middle East.

All over the world, it is the same story. Different tribes, peoples’ and ethnic groups are at war with each other, and different religious affiliations and political parties are in deadly struggle to establish total territorial control.

Self-protection becomes applicable to nations as well as to individuals. The hot areas all over the world become hotter. People of one race are afraid of people from another. People return to tribal laws, and their leaders advocate separation from all other tribes. Sectarianism clinches people together, and promotes racial cleansing.