A body afflicted with leprosy—wounds festering, limbs deteriorating, yet the nerves too deadened to feel pain. This is what we have become.
A society crumbling—morally, spiritually, intellectually—yet too numb to recognize its own degeneration. What happens when a society loses its ability to feel its own wounds?
Just as leprosy destroys the body’s integrity, moral corruption erodes the foundations of society. Dishonesty, hypocrisy, and greed have infected the system, much like a disease spreading through flesh.
People justify their wrongdoings, much like an infected limb ignored until it becomes useless. Leprosy deadens the nerves, making a person unable to feel wounds; in the same way, society has lost its moral and spiritual sensitivity.
Injustice, oppression, and cruelty have become so normalized that they no longer evoke outrage. Faith, empathy, and accountability have been stripped away, leaving people indifferent to suffering.
We are a leprous society—decaying, yet too numb to notice.
— Sadia Hakim // the leper society by sadia hakim
