KN-OW-Imran-Nazar-Hosein-An-Islamic-View-Of-Gog-And-Magog-In-The-Modern-World

and righteous conduct, and who respect the human rights of thoseliving even the most primitive of lives.The second age to which the narrative applied would be thatof Gog and Magog, commencing with their release into the world.When that release takes place power would be established onfoundations opposite to those of Dhūl Qarnain’s. Power would beestablished on foundations that would be essentially godless, andinstead of being used to punish the oppressor, it would be used tooppress and persecute the innocent. Power would also be used totarget those possessing faith in Allah Most High and living lives ofrighteousness. Finally, power in such a world would be used withan absolute disdain for human rights, oppressing, destroying andexterminating even those living a primitive way of life, andreducing the miserably poor masses of the world to a state of evengreater destitution.The present is precisely that second age. Modern Westerncivilization possesses power in the world today, but it isestablished on foundations that are essentially godless. It uses itspower: to oppress the innocent while protecting andsupporting oppressors as well as others who areunjust in conduct, to wage war on religion in general and on Islam inparticular, while targeting those who have faith inAllah Most High and live lives of righteousness, and to target even the most primitive and defenselesspeople while trampling on their human rights toexterminate them like cockroaches.206