It is one thing to study eschatology; it is another to be so convinced that you, yourself, will be the personality that it centers around. From Ahmadinejad and the Dawning of Messianic Times: Since the late ninth century, the Shi’ites have been expecting the emergence of the hidden imam-mahdi, armed with divine power and followed by thousands of martyrdom-seeking warriors. He is expected to conquer the world and establish Shi’ism as its supreme religion and system of rule. His appearance would involve terrible war and unusual bloodshed. Ahmadinejad, as mayor of Tehran, built a spectacular boulevard through which the mahdi
Read More +The Doctrine of Mahdism
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From The Doctrine of Mahdism: According to Shi’ite tradition, the Twelve Imams, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law Ali Ibn Abi Talib, were endowed with divine qualities that enabled them to lead the Shi’ite believers and to function as Allah’s emissaries on earth. However, when the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad Al-Mahdi, disappeared in 941 CE, his connection with the Shi’ite believers was severed, and since then, the Shi’ites are commanded to await his return at any time. Immediately upon assuming the Iranian presidency, Ahmadinejad began to assert his belief in the imminent return of the Mahdi as the basis
Read More +The Implications of a Nuclear Iran
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From The Implications of a Nuclear Iran: Iranian President Ahmadinejad belongs to a school of thought which believes that the return of the Shiite messiah – the Mahdi – is supposed to happen very soon. Ahmadinejad believes he has a divine role in making this arrival concrete in our lifetime, maybe even within a few years. Iran’s aspiration is to build a Shiite- or Iran-dominated belt from Afghanistan to the Mediterranean. Iran is meddling in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. In addition, Iran has its eye on the oil wealth of the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf states are scared. Tehran
Read More +Anti-Semitism and Islam
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So you think Islamo-rage is merely a recent event which can be blamed on Israel being restored as a sovereign nation “on Arab soil” in 1948? Think again. An excerpt on the millenia-old history of anti-Semitism and Islam, from FrontPage, with bibliographical references to follow: Unfortunately, hatred of Jews runs much longer than a century or so into the past. In fact, it originates not only in the actions of the founder of Islam himself, but also in the eschatological belief-system of the world’s second-largest religion. In 622 CE the nascent Muslim community under Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, left
Read More +Via Daniel Pipes from Aish.com: Stand Up To Ahmadinejad Aish.com’s new 2 minute movie. http://www.Aish.com/Iran/DP Ahmadinejad, here’s hoping you die screaming.
Read More +Folks, when a Muslim kills a Jew, it’s legal, but when a Muslim kills a Muslim, it’s illegal. Clearly, identity politics are at work here, and not morality nor ethics. Extracted from FoxNews: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday declared Hamas’ paramilitary militia in the Gaza Strip illegal, raising the stakes in his standoff with the Islamic movement that controls the Palestinian parliament and Interior Ministry. Hamas retaliated by saying it would double the size of the Hamas militia in the Gaza Strip. Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled Abu Hilal said the unit would be doubled to 12,000 members. He said
Read More +From WND: An official state media website in Iran has posted a message heralding the coming of the Shiite messianic figure, Imam Mahdi, noting he could arrive by the spring equinox. “Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) will appear all of a sudden on the world scene with a voice from the skies announcing his reappearance at the holy Ka’ba in Mecca,” the message says. The Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting website said in a program called “The World toward Illumination,” that the Mahdi will form an army to defeat the enemies of Islam in a series of apocalyptic
Read More +Awaiting the Iranian Messiah
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From Awaiting the Iranian Messiah: Speaking to Ynet News, Professor Raymond Tanter, one of the authors of the forthcoming book What Makes Iran Tick, which explores the Shiite Islamist ideology of Iran, said there was no questioning the belief of Iran’s leaders in the coming of the Mahdi. Tanter, President of the Washington-based Iran Policy Committee, said: “The Iranian leadership, particularly Ahmadinejad, welcome the apocalyptic vision of the return of the hidden Imam….After a period of great destruction, once the forces of evil are defeated, the so-called twelfth Imam is supposed to reign over a period of great prosperity.” “When
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