The Age of the Global Divine Call

Nowadays, dajjals or misguided leaders (known in Christian tradition as anti-Christ) have used modern means of communication to fill the entire world with negative propaganda. The whole world is now living under the shadow of negative thinking. This state of affairs has been called in Traditions fitnah duhaima, the age of utter darkness. (Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No. 4242) This darkness, actually denoting intellectual darkness, will spread worldwide through the harmful use of modern means of communication. Today, Islam is in the news everywhere, but its image has become distorted. The publicity Islam has received mainly has been negative. The need of the hour is converting that image into a positive one. It is an ongoing process worldwide, for the negative image has aroused global curiosity to know Islam as it is. People want to study the Quran and learn about Islam. In this way, about fifty per cent of the work has already been done. Moreover, the remaining fifty per cent is being undertaken. I am sure that this process will reach its culmination. It will mean that the Qiyamah has come very close— the Qiyamah about which the prophets had warned