Antichrist’s Islamic Caliphate is Just around the Corner
April 30, 2009
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I am of the opinion the appearance of the Antichrist will occur at some point in time between 2010 and 2015, and it will become apparent when he leads Islamic forces against Israel. I do not believe he will be Ahmadinejad, but I do believe he is more likely to be Shiite than Sunni. I also believe he is more likely to come out of Syria that any other Islamic country.
The current Iranian President is a “died in the wool” religious Islamic fanatic from the top of his head to the tip of his toes.
The Apostle Paul was a “Hebrew of the Hebrews,” and President Ahmadinjad is truly a “Shiite of the Shiites.” He is locked in combat with the old conservative heads. They have run Iran since the revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran. He is trying to slip new leaders and departments into his new government. He is trying to get younger key members of the extremists from his Revolutionary Guard into top positions of power, putting out the old leaders who have held power for so long over all governmental decisions. It appears he has another revolution in mind, one in which he has absolute power to form a very radical Islamic Republic to replace the current conservative one. I truly believe the religious extremism in the fanatical Shiite beliefs among their literal interpreters is going to unveil the antichrist among them. Both the Sunni and Shiite sects of the Muslim faith believe in a coming Al-Mahdi, which we would relate to by our looking forward to the return of our Messiah Jesus Christ. The Shiites believe he has been hiding in a cave for some 1,100 years, but will soon come out to rule all Islam as the 12th Imam.
Many Imams across Iran and Iraq are preaching his coming is very soon, and a fever for his arrival is growing. I do not believe the President of Iran is the one known as Antichrist, but I know he believes the 12th Imam is coming soon.
The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a Shiite religious literalist, who believes in the imminent return of
the 12th Imam. His segment of the Shiite faith believes the 12th Imam went into hiding in the 9th century. The Sunni sect of Islam believes the Al-Mahdi, who is to arise
and lead Islam to rule the world and establish a one-world Islamic religion, will be an ordinary man, born to an ordinary woman, and will live an ordinary life with the people of his time. But the Shiites under the same persuasion of their current President, believe that soon the 12th Imam, who disappeared mysteriously in the 9th century, will suddenly appear to lead the Shiites to victory over all enemies starting with the hypocrite mullahs and ending with the Jews. In the Shiite theology, belief in Imams is the cornerstone of their faith.
They believe the 12th Imam has been living in a cave for more than ten centuries, and that he will suddenly surface from his hiding place as the Mahdi, their Messiah, and will meet Jesus, the Son of Mary. They believe Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, will be second in command in that he will pray behind Al-Mahdi. They believe Allah will give Al-Mahdi the ability to rule all the Muslim nations with righteousness in the span of a night.
In the Shiite theology of the religious followers of the current President of Iran, the 12th Imam is still the sole source of legitimate power on the earth. I suspect a man will suddenly arise in Islam claiming to be the 12th Imam. He will declare himself to have returned with the power of Allah but in reality, he will be the antichrist. Islamic writers indicate the signs in the next paragraph will precede the 12th Imam.
There are many signs that will precede him, a very important sign is that he will come at a time when there is great confutation, intense disputing, and violent deaths – when people are experiencing great fear. Calamities will fall upon people, so much that a man shall not find a shelter to shelter him self from oppression. There will be battles and conflicts before his appearance. The people will be troubled to such an extent that they will long for death.
It is then that Imam will arise. T he messenger of Allah said
he will be sent at a time of intense disputes and differences among people amidst widespread earthquakes.
It may well be that Paul’s man of sin, the antichrist, is the coming Islamic Al Mahdi.
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Middle East Media Review Institute (MEMRI)
The Dawn of an Islamic Revolution is Around the Corner
Article 2331
April 28, 2009
Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Former Emir of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami: ‘The Dawn of an Islamic Revolution is Around the Corner; This is the Era of a Global Muslim Renaissance – As Slavery’s Shackles Are Breaking and the Enemies of Islam Are On the Retreat’
Qazi Hussain Ahmad, until recently the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, a religious-political party in Pakistan, recently wrote an article that was published by the Pakistani daily The News. In it, he argued that since Pakistan’s creation in 1947, the majority of Pakistanis have wanted an Islamic system of government in the country.
Following are excerpts from the article: [1]
“The Complete Islamization of Pakistan Has Been the Genuine and Long-Standing Demand of the Overwhelming Majority of Pakistanis”
“The complete Islamization of Pakistan has been the genuine and long-standing demand of
the overwhelming majority of Pakistanis.
“This demand surfaced as soon as the inception of the country [in 1947], since the driving force behind
the Pakistan movement was the need for a separate country for Muslims where they could protect and practice their Islamic ideology.
“Consequently, the mounting public pressure led the Constituent Assembly to pass the Objectives Resolution, making a sacred covenant with the people of Pakistan that the Koran and Sunnah will be the guiding principles of the constitution, legislation and policy-making of this land of the pure.
“The British-trained establishment, including the civil and military bureaucracy, were, however, averse to the idea of Islamization and wanted to faithfully preserve the British system and the Anglo-Saxon system of government, besides the laws formulated by the colonial masters for subjects. Those people considered themselves the legitimate successors of the British colonial rulers, and aspired to step into their masters’ shoes to enjoy the same powers and privileges exclusively reserved for the privileged class of British officers colonizing the subcontinent for over 200 years.
“The ensuing tug-of-war between the small minority of feudal [lords] and capitalists led by the colonial bureaucracy trying to replace colonists, and the vast majority of people yearning to materialize the dream of Pakistan into reality, led the country toward the state of affairs it is presently beset with. This confrontation has not only caused serious damage to the country, including the progressive erosion of nationhood, decline in unity, solidarity and integrity among the federating units, and putting the country on the verge of collapse, but has also led to its dismemberment. For the common people, the independence of Pakistan from the British colonists was nothing but mere change of masters….”
“The Pakistan movement leaders, such as Quaid-e-Azam [Muhammad Ali Jinnah] and Liaquat Ali Khan, were soon replaced by civil and military bureaucrats…. In their quest for absolute power, these people destroyed democratic institutions and undermined the ideology of Pakistan for the sake of promoting the British culture and values, and the English language.”
“The Irrational Resistance to the Genuine Public Demand for Islamization Emanates from the Imperialistic Mentality Adopted by Our Ruling Elite”
“The irrational resistance to the genuine public demand for Islamization emanates from the imperialistic mentality adopted by our ruling elite. It stems from the mentality that drove the medieval master-slave struggle, and exposes the ruling classes’ state of mind….”
“It was the right of the Romans to think and decide about the welfare of the slaves. The same ideology was adopted by the European colonists, who declared that it was the right of the white masters to decide about the affairs of the colored subjects. The basic idea behind that view was that the colored races were of inferior capabilities and… incapable of running their own affairs and solving their problems….”
“The Entire Debate that Islam Should Not Be the System of Governance in the Country Was the Thinking Paradigm of Those Who are Mental Slaves to Western Culture and Averse to the Islamic Ideology”
“The entire debate that Islam should not be the system of governance in the country was the thinking paradigm of those who are mental slaves to Western culture and averse to the Islamic ideology. It is an undeniable fact that Muslims from the length and breadth of the subcontinent strove for the creation of Pakistan, and rendered sacrifices that are matchless in human history. The proponents of the baseless argument that not Islam but economic reasons were the basis of the Pakistan movement have no answer as to why the Muslims of [Indian states such as] UP, CP, Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, etc., endeavored for Pakistan despite knowing that their areas would not be part of Pakistan.
“Evidently, they were striving for the realization of the dream of a separate homeland for Muslims, to enable them practice Islam freely under the system governed by the Koran and Sunnah.
” Unfortunately, the state of Pakistan created after a historic struggle of Muslims was taken over by the agents of British colonists quite early.
They kept weaving a web of conspiracies to consolidate their grip over the country and with the passage of time their clutches became so strong that now even the talk of Pakistan’s Islamic ideology hurts their ears.”
“Pakistan is not Just Any State Based on Geographical Entities – It Is the Embodiment of a Definite Ideology and Religion; As the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Put It: Pakistan Came into Being the Very Day the First Muslim Set Foot on the Subcontinent”
“Pakistan is not just any state based on geographical entities. It is the embodiment of a definite ideology
and religion. As the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, put it: Pakistan came into being the very day the first Muslim set foot on the subcontinent. Pakistan is a result of the Two-Nation Theory [i.e. that Muslims and Hindus cannot live together] that clearly spells out that the life of Muslims is governed by the Islamic system based on the Koran and Sunnah. Until we harmonize our lives, economy, society, Constitution and legal system with Islam, our society will continue to suffer from internal strife and friction.
“Those who believe that Pakistan can be secularized by separating the Islamic system from its state are suffering from a serious fallacy.
What they conveniently ignore in their bias against Islamic codes is that Islamization of the country is not just the demand of what
they call some extremists but is the strong desire of an overwhelming majority of the people, millions of whom are ready to sacrifice their lives to achieve this objective, like those who laid down their lives in the Pakistan Movement.
“Though this majority is under the strong shackles of a tiny minority of Western slaves, the dawn of an Islamic revolution is round the corner. This is the era of a global Muslim renaissance as slavery’s shackles are breaking and the enemies of Islam are on the retreat after the huge fortresses of their military and economic might are coming down under the pure resistance and sacrifices of the believers.”
“Regarding the Argument That Promoting Islam Would Enrage Washington And the West, We Would Become Isolated, and Be Dubbed as Fundamentalists… It Must Be Kept in Mind That Alienating Islam will Negate Our Existence and Disintegrate the Country”
“Regarding the argument that promoting Islam would enrage Washington and the West, we would become isolated, and be dubbed as fundamentalists, etc., it must be kept in mind that alienating Islam will negate our existence and disintegrate the country. Islam is the basis of Pakistan, since it was created for Islam and not on the basis of some homeland.”
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