Islamic Mahdism
Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Antiquities of France, Italian, Greece, Celtic, Indian, European
Our brothers who cannot openly speak of Mahdism
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First Jihad: Khartoum, and the Dawn of Militant Islam $19.95 Before there was Osama bin Laden, Abu al-Zarqawi or Ayatollah Khomeini, there was the Mahdi-the "Expected One"-who raised the Arabs in pan-tribal revolt against infidels and apostates in the late 19th-century Sudan. Born on the Nile in 1844, Muhammed Ahmed grew into a devout, charismatic young man, whose visage was said to have always featured the placid hint of a smile. He developed a ferocious r... |
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Islamic Messianism: The Idea of the Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism $26.70 The first comprehensive study of the idea of the Mahdi, or divinely guided messianic leader. The topic of this book is vital to the understanding of contemporary developments in Iran and other areas of the Islamic world in which Shi‘ism is a significant social and religious force. Islamic tradition in general speaks about the appearance of the Mahdi, or divinely guided messianic leader, from amo... |
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Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics in Medieval Islam: The Abbasid Caliphate in the Early Ninth Century (Studies in Comparative Religion) $25.32 ... |
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