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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

110. An Increase in Literacy

It is of the conditions of the
Hour that the learning will
be raised up and illiteracy

will be prevalent…
(Mishkat-ul-Masabih, vol.4,
no 58)

A significant difference that distinguishes the twentieth and the
twenty-first centuries from previous ages is the advance in literacy. In

earlier times, this ability was restrictedto a particular group of privi-
leged people, whereas, toward the end of the twentieth century, UN-
ESCO and other government and private organizations organized
worldwide campaigns to promote literacy. This mobilization of edu-
cational resources, with its attendant technological innovations and
humanitarian services, has born great fruit, for according to one UN-
ESCO report, the average literacy rate in 2003 was 84%. 57
This figure is certainly the highest in human history.

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