The price of oil

It seems to me oil has become more important than human dignity, more precious than human life and dearer to international governments’ heart than anything else. Over the last two decades, I have been observing the rocketing increase in “concern” felt by some states towards oil-rich states.

In my view, oil is not a sustainable driving force towards the future as 1. The supply will run out and more importantly 2. It is not environmentally friendly in the least! All our efforts should be concentrated on finding renewable and alternative sources of energy, instead of basing our complete strategy on oil.

Lately, the youth have been asking in different countries about moral values, promises and in effect, about the reality of Utopian dreams. Are they facts or fiction? Is everybody honest about their motives? The youth have been asking many such uncomfortable questions, wanting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I fear they haven’t seen the fast train approaching them, threatening to run them over.

I believe that if we keep on valuing other things more than humanity, we will reap the fruit of the tree of radicalism, extremism and stupid acts of terrorism.

I leave you to reflect on a verse from the Quran whose spirit can be found in other religions as well: “…who so slays a soul not to retaliate for a soul slain, nor for corruption done in the land, shall be as if he had slain mankind altogether; and whoso gives life to a soul, shall be as if he has given life to mankind altogether.” Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah, verse (5:32)