The laws of many countries will be Changed
By The Antichrist As They Submit To His Will,
Before, After, And During His Coming Attack
Against the Nation of Israel From the North
That I Believe Will Begin At A Point In Time
Lying Between The Years OF 2010 & 2015
Within Three Years After The Initial Attack,
He will have formed the largest Caliphate,
Under Shari’a Law In Man’s Long History,
FROM Morocco Eastward To New Guinea!
Judgment will come at Jesus 2nd Advent,
And the world will be under Christ’s Law
For a thousand years, after which Jesus
Creates never ending Heavens & Earth!
April 2, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod/
CALIPHATE NATIONS OF THE ANTICHRIST CALIPH
BEFORE Antichrist’s call for the nations to come and help him finish off Israel in the Negev at Armageddon, I believe MOST of the following countries will have rapidly join his 10 toed Caliphate AFTER he drives Israel into the Negev and conquers Egypt. The MOST likely candidates for the 10 toes when he attacks Israel are in ALL CAPS.
Afghanistan, Albania, ALGERIA, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bruner, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, IRAN, IRAQ, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, LEBANON, LIBYA, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, MOROCCO, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, SUDAN, SYRIA, Tajikistan, TUNISIA, TURKEY, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Western Saharia, and Yemen.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ANTICHRIST
Daniel 7:24-27 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
[27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
ANTICHRIST’S DESTRUCTION AND CHRIST’S SECOND ADVENT
Malachi 4:1-3 – For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. [3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
CHRIST’S MILLENNIAL REIGN FROM JERUSALEM
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Ezekiel 39:21-29 – And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. [22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward. [23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. [24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. [25] Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; [26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. [27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; [28] Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. [29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
THE FINAL ETERNAL NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH
Revelation 21:1-7 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. [2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. [4] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [5] And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. [6] And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. [7] He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Begin Article Number 508 from Middle East Media Review Institute (MEMRI)
Article Number 508
April 1, 2009
Re-emerging Alliance between Pakistani Military and Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan
By: Tufail Ahmad
Article Number 508
April 1, 2009
Introduction
In the recent months, an old-new alliance has been re-emerging between the Taliban and Pakistan, aimed at countering the efforts of the U.S. and NATO troops against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pakistani authorities recently signed two agreements with the Taliban – known as the “Shari’a for Peace deals” – which give the movement full authority to enforce the Shari’a law in the Swat Valley and broader Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Taliban’s part of the deal amounts to no more than an unwritten – and largely unfulfilled – promise to stop fighting the government forces in the area.
The deals come in the wake of three operations carried out by the Pakistani military against the Taliban in the last three years – operations in which the military conspicuously refrained from causing the movement significant harm or from killing its leaders.
The apparent capitulation of the Pakistani authorities to the demands of the Taliban is actually a part of a long-standing alliance between them. The Pakistani military – which actually formed the Taliban in the 1990s – has long been using this movement to control Afghanistan and as a tool in its confrontation with the West. The Taliban, for its part, uses the support and protection of Pakistan to consolidate its strength and gain control over increasingly large areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Taliban Takeover of the Swat Valley
The Taliban’s enforcement of the Shari’a law in the Swat Valley district
did not begin with the signing of the Shari’a for Peace agreements.
As a matter of fact, the Taliban in the district, under the command of Maulana Fazlullah, has been consolidating its control and authority over the region for several years and gradually enforcing the Islamic law there. Using violence and intimidation, the movement has bombed girls’ schools, banned women from entering markets, forbidden barbers to shave men’ s beard
s, and enforced a ban on music
and other forms of art and entertainment.
The Taliban’s most far-reaching move came on December 24, 2008, when it issued a complete ban on girls’ education in the Swat Valley district. Shah Dauran, the Taliban’s second-in-command in the Swat district, announced on the movement’s illegal radio station that, effective January 15, 2009, all government and private educational institutions would be forbidden to register girls. The decision meant that 84,000 girls enrolled in government schools and 40,000 girls enrolled in private schools would be prevented from continuing their education.
In response to criticism from circles inside and outside Pakistan – including some Islamists groups, which pronounced the decision over-extreme – Fazlullah moderated the prohibition slightly, permitting girls to attend school up to the fourth grade. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan warned that schools that failed to comply with the new regulations would be bombed, and the threat was indeed carried out against several educational institutions.
Pakistani Military Operations against the Taliban in the Swat Valley District
The Taliban’s takeover of the Swat Valley district has met with some resistance on the part of the Pakistani military. In November 2007, the military launched an operation lasting several weeks against the Taliban militants in the region, and managed to recapture most of the territory, driving the
Taliban into the mountains. However, with the retreat of the army, the Taliban quickly returned and renewed its violent activities. In 2008, over 200 girls’ schools were bombed and nearly 100 activists of the secular Awami National Party (ANP) were killed.
The second military operation, in October 2008, was even less successful, for the Taliban had the upper hand.
In the course of the confrontation, it recaptured territory it had previously lost and consolidated its control over the district.
The third operation was launched January 26, 2009 in response to the Taliban’s ban on female education, which caused
Pakistan to come under international pressure. According to press reports, a key tactic used by the military in this offensive was to announce its attacks in advance by loudspeaker – ostensibly in order to warn the civilian population – thus allowing the Taliban militants to escape. The operation ended abruptly on February 16, 2009, only three weeks after it began, when the NWFP government signed the first Shari’a for Peace deal with the Taliban.
The “Shari’a for Peace” Deals
The first Shari’a for Peace deal was signed February 16, 2009 between the Pakistani authorities and the Taliban “moderates” led by Maulana Fazlullah’s father-in-law, Sufi Muhammad. [6] The latter had been incarcerated in a Pakistani prison, but was released in April 2008 precisely for the purpose of facilitating a deal between the authorities and the Taliban.
The agreement abolishes all non-Shari’a laws in the Swat-Malakand region, and decrees that legal matters will henceforth be decided by a Shari’a court, as reflected in the following key passage:
“With regard to the court system in the Malakand Division… the provincial government has decided that, as of today, all non-Shari’a laws, i.e. those [laws] that contravene the Koran and hadith, are null and void…”
It should be noted that Pakistani President Asif Zardari has not yet ratified the agreement, but Sufi Muhammad has stressed that his consent is not necessary.
In intra-Taliban talks after the signing of the agreement, the movement formulated four more demands, to which the government agreed – namely that all Taliban prisoners be released and all outstanding cases against Taliban militants be closed, that the government compensate all those harmed in the course of the Pakistani operations against the Taliban, and that the Pakistani security forces withdraw from the Swat Valley district.
On March 5, 2009, the Pakistani authorities signed a second agreement with the Taliban, giving it even more power to regulate day-to-day life in the Swat Valley district. The second deal included the following clauses:
• Steps will be taken to end “obscenity” and “vulgarity.”
• Music centers and shops selling “obscene CDs” will be closed.
• Shops and markets will be closed during prayer times.
• A campaign will be launched to raise public awareness to “social evils.”
• Arrangements will be made for teaching Koran in prisons and for prison reforms.
As a further concession to the Taliban, the Pakistani military vacated Maulana Fazlullah’s headquarters, which they had occupied, and handed it over to Sufi Muhammad. Furthermore, the NWFP government has agreed to upgrade the Imam Dehri madrassa, supervised by Fazlullah, and turn it into an Islamic university equal in importance to Al-Azhar in Cairo. The university will be built at a cost of one billion Pakistani Rupees, and Sufi Muhammad will be its chancellor. It can be safely assumed that the Pakistani authorities will have no say in determining its curriculum.
It should be noted that the truce between the Taliban and the Pakistani authorities is not limited to the NWFP.
On February 23, 2009, the Taliban in Bajaur Agency – one of the seven federally-administered tribal areas (FATAs) along the Afghan border – suddenly declared a unilateral ceasefire with the government forces, [14] and the latter accepted the truce on the following day.
The Taliban’s Continued Violence against the Pakistani Forces in the Swat Valley District
It is noteworthy that both the February 16 agreement and the March 5 agreement are unilateral in that they specify what the Taliban gets in the deal (namely a free hand to impose Shari’a law in the Swat-Malakand region), but do not explicitly obligate this movement to maintain the peace. In return for the February 16 deal, the Taliban did no more than give an unwritten promise that “the Taliban [forces] in Swat will be disarmed within a week,” as Sufi Muhammad stated on February 17, 2009.
As a matter of fact, while the Pakistani army has been removing checkpoints in the Swat Valley in compliance with the Taliban demand, the Taliban itself has continued its violent activities against the government forces and officials in the region. On February 22, 2009, a few days after the signing of the February 16 deal, it kidnapped a top government official and his six body guards, who were subsequently released in exchange for two Taliban detainees.
Then, two days prior to the signing of the March 5 deal, the Taliban killed two Pakistani soldiers in the Swat Valley. The movement has also continued to attack army convoys carrying supplies to the Pakistani troops.
The NWFP government has been reduced to pleading with the Taliban militants to refrain from moving about with their weapons slung over their shoulders, in full view.
In explaining the Taliban’s continued violence, Maulana Fazlullah stated: “We have taken up arms to implement the Shari’a. Democracy is a system of the infidels.”
The Cooperation between the Taliban and the Pakistani Military
The apparent capitulation of the Pakistani authorities to the Taliban demands is due – at least partially – to a long-standing strategic alliance between the Taliban and the Pakistani military. This alliance benefits the Taliban by allowing it to gradually realize its goal of asserting its control and imposing the Shari’a law in expanding areas of Pakistan. This goal has often been articulated by Taliban leaders. Two weeks after his release from prison, Sufi Muhammad vowed that, after the enforcement of the Shari’a in the Swat-Malakand region, Shari’a law would be enforced throughout Pakistan. [19] On March 23, 2009, he repeated this assertion, saying, “If people help me, I will work to enforce the Islamic Shari’a in every part of [the country].” In fact, some Pakistani officials seem to share the Taliban’s goal. On February 24, 2009, Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani proposed to extend the Islamic Shari’a law to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATAs) along the Afghan border.
Pakistan, for its part, regards the Taliban and other jihad organizations as a useful ally in establishing its influence in Afghanistan and in confronting its rivals, including not only the West but also India. An example of the cooperation between them is the recent dec
ision to launch a joint government-Taliban campaign against Indian intelligence agents in the Swat Valley. The daily Rozmana Jang reported February 17, 2009 that “The [NWFP] administration and Maulana Sufi Muhammad will immediately take steps to clear the [district] of elements and criminals belonging to the Research and Analysis Wing [i.e., India’s foreign intelligence agency], for the government has enough evidence of India’s involvement in the current lawlessness in Swat.”
Moreover, the cooperation of the Pakistani military is not only with the Pakistani Taliban, but with the Taliban as a whole, i.e., also with the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is evident from the recent interactions between the Taliban in Pakistan and Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan. In the beginning of 2009, three Taliban groups in Pakistan’s Waziristan district formed a joint organization called Shura Ittihad Al-Mujahideen, under the command of three key figures in Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, namely Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir and Maulvi Hafiz Gul Bahadur (the latter two are considered “pro-government”). The significant point is that, upon its establishment, the group pledged its allegiance to Mullah Omar, stating: “We regard Mullah Omar as our Amir-ul-Mumineen [i.e., Leader of the Faithful].” This refutes the opinion, often expressed by political analysis, that Mullah Omar does not represent the Taliban in Pakistan. Moreover, in a recent letter to the leaders of the Taliban in Waziristan, Mullah Omar ordered them not to attack the Pakistani security forces, because fighting Muslims could not be considered jihad. He added that the attacks on the Pakistani military were harming the Taliban movement, and that, if the Taliban fighters wanted to wage jihad, they should come to Afghanistan. As a matter of fact, the Afghan website www.taand.com reports that the Taliban and its “supporters” – meaning the Pakistani authorities – have reorganized their forces and are intensifying their attacks in Afghanistan.
The interaction between Mullah Omar and the Taliban in Pakistan belies the distinction sometimes made between Taliban-Pakistan and Taliban-Afghanistan. It implies that they constitute a single movement led by Mullah Omar – a movement which is currently inclined to cooperate with the Pakistani authorities.
The re-emergence of the Pakistan-Taliban alliance at this time may be linked to the advent of the Obama administration and to the changing strategic situation in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region. Realizing that Obama means to step up the U.S. campaign against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, the Pakistani military has recalibrated its strategic position and brought the Taliban into its fold, to serve as its proxy in a confrontation with the U.S. forces.
Indian and Afghan Reactions to the Shari’a-for-Peace Deals
India and Afghanistan have expressed considerable concern about the re-emerging Pakistan- Taliban alliance. Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee described the Taliban as a terrorist organization and the deal as danger to civilization, while his deputy, Anand Sharma, warned that the Swat Valley Shari’a-for-Peace deal could threaten India’s security.
In Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sultan Ahmad Baheen and political affairs expert Waheed Mazda described the deal as a threat to peace in the region, and the Afghani daily Kabul Times warned that, with the deal in place, the Pakistani Taliban would be a source of “new threats” to Afghanistan. An article in the weekly of the Afghani Shi’ite party Eqtedar-e-Melli stated: “The concern felt by Afghanistan [and] by the international community over the [Shari’a for Peace] deal is based on our past experience. In the past – and even in the last seven years, during which Pakistan has officially been supporting Afghanistan’s cause in the war against terrorism and the Taliban – [Pakistan’s] policy has remained ambiguous, unfriendly and pro-Taliban… Every time a domestic crisis has befallen it, Pakistan has sought to export [its] problems to Afghanistan.” Said Fazlullah Wahidi, governor of Afghanistan’s Konar province, which borders Pakistan’s Bajaur Agency, warned that the ceasefire in Bajaur would undermine the security of Afghanistan, where the Western forces are battling the Taliban.
Tufail Ahmad is the director of MEMRI’s Urdu-Pashtu Media Project.
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