As in the days of Noah....
Lebanese Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadhlallah: In the Arab World, Dictatorship Begins at Home - ':MEMRI TV
'...We raise our people to submit to the strong. Therefore,nobody expresses opposition. They are afraid.It is better to not talk, to not object.That is why we have tyrants who are like gods.Among the Arab and Islamic peoples, you might find people who criticize Allah and the Prophet, God forbid, but can you find people who criticize mortals like the president or the king? No, this is not allowed.Such people go straight to jail or to the gallows.If you say something against Allah-never mind.If you say something against the Prophet or the imam-never mind.But if you say something against the president, the king, the Emir, or any senior politician-that is not allowed. What does this mean?It means that we have succumbed to being slaves, because this is what slavery means.'