Prophet Muhammad predicted the coming of the "dictators" and bad leaders:
There are many signs and events that were prophesied to take place before the Hour. The following is one of them:
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." It was asked, "How will honesty be lost, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq), volume 8, Book 76, Number 503)"
It is important to know that the words "dictator", "dictatorship" and "military coup" are modern words that just recently in our days came to existence. Most of the world's underdeveloped countries are ruled by dictators today, and most of these dictators are supported by the bad governments of the West who call themselves "True Democratic Governments".
Take for instance Saddam Hussein of Iraq: The United States and Europe supported him heavily during the Iran-Iraq and he was their best friend, despite the fact that he gassed his people with chemical weapons, because Iran at that time was the West's worst enemy, and it used to consider the US and the West "Great Satan". Today, Saddam Hussein all of the sudden is the West's worst enemy.
These dictatorships and the hypocritical democratic western governments are all bad and evil authorities. They seem to perfectly fit Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) description - "When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour" as shown above.
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