Comments on: Will Iraq Stoke Flames of Islamic Messianism?

By: jimbo

jimbo — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:07:00 +0000

what if the mahdi is for real….whatcha gonna do then??

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:51:53 +0000

The most frightening issue at stake here though is that Ahmajinedad of Iran has actually stated that he believes certain catastrophic world events will lead to the coming of the Mahdi.
Does he therefore as some fear, believe as a self-proclaimed type of prophet-like figure he has to create such events in order for this mahdi to arise? If so, then that could spell disaster of the nuclear kind eventually some fear. he certainly scores high enough on the insanity scale to do anything anywhere and at any time in order to achieve his part in “prophecy.”

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:20:40 +0000

San Francisco Jim,
Nice generic cheap shots at the President. Want to specify a bit?

By: SanFranciscoJim

SanFranciscoJim — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:26:27 +0000

Bush sure is a swell President. I am glad that he does such a great job of protecting America and making us well loved and strong around the world. He has done an especially good job at strengthening the American economy and protecting the standard of living of all true Patriots.

Let’s make sure and elect another Great Leader just like him for another eight years of peace and prosperity.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:28:40 +0000

And I hope they continue to lose. But localized Mahdism is a very different thing from pan-Islamic Mahdism, which I do think it is worthwhile to consider as a possibility.

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:51:25 +0000

Mahdism has been proclaimed for centuries as you have pointed out. That is not new. It’s personal for me – Charles Gordon is one of my heroes.

You have nothing concrete. The Mahdis of the past have been gloriously victorious, for a time. I don’t see that happening in Iraq unless we cut and run. There has been fighting in Iraq for a long time, I don’t see how the fighting over the last few weeks is different. They lost.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:06:31 +0000

And actually it IS new in the world since 1979, when al-Utaybi failed in his bid to take over Saudi Arabia.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:08:11 +0000

Hmmm………fighting in southern Iraq that’s killed thousands in the past year doesn’t qualify? That was exactly the point of my article, Amphipolis.

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:51:47 +0000

when Mahdism is being proclaimed in many parts of the Muslim world

This is not new. Another tremor. Ho hum.

I am more concerned about the crying wolf effect. Don’t issue the warning until you have something concrete.

By: John Samford

John Samford — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:28:36 +0000

Eventually, the west will play ‘Cowboys and Muslims’ with them and that will be that. In a few more centuries Muslims will be exhibited on their reservations so virtual tourists can see them on their virtual holidays and school children can do virtual tours there. All very entertaining and educational.
Right now there are over 40,000 warbots in Iraq. In another decade there will be 5 times that at least. Public outcry will stop when the War becomes a matter of remote controlled warbots tracking down Muslims at the direction of any 12 year old with a Nintendo. I can hear it now; “Johnny, stop killing Muslims and do your homework”.