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Mahdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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According to Twelver Shi'as Imam Hujjat al-Mahdī (المهدى) (or Hujjat ibn Hasan ibn Ali) is the twelfth Imam and the Mahdi, the ultimate savior of humankind. Other Shi'a schools adhere to different Imam successions and do not, along with Sunnis, consider ibn-Al-Hassan the...
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s on him either. The idea of the mahdi appears to be a development in the first 2-3 centuries of Islam. In the case of the Shi'i Mahdi many scholars have suggested that there is a clear inspiration coming from the Messiah-figure of Christianity and its ideas of a judgement day in the hands of a religious renewer.
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Throughtout the history of Islam, a few individuals -- driven either by the desperate state of Muslims in their community or a selfish pursuit of power and prestige -- laid claim to being Mahdi and found a following among the uninformed masses who were looking for salvation from the heavens.
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Origins of Islamic Extremism - The Mahdi was an Islamic revolutionary who rose up against corruption at home and the supporting Western powers The idea of a mahdi ("expected one"), or savior figure, has been most influential in the Shi'a sect of Islam.
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Islam Glossary - Mahdi...
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The coming of Imam Mahdi is one of the signs of Qiyamah as is the belief of the Ahlus-Sunnah. This article will detail the signs that will precede his coming. "The world will not pass away before the Arabs are ruled by a man (referring to Mahdi) of my family whose name will be the same as mine"
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THE MYTH OF THE SHI'IA MAHDI Who is this Mahdi whose return to this world is so eagerly awaited by the Shi‘ah, and belief in whose existence in occultation forms such a integral aspect of the Shi'ite psyche?
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Iranian President Mahmoud’s Ahmadinejad’s mystical pre-occupation with the coming of a Shiite Islamic messiah figure – the Mahdi – is raising concerns that a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic could trigger the kind of global conflagration he envisions will set the stage for the end of the world.
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Mahdi: Definition and Pronunciation Mahdi (Encyclopedia)
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