There has been much talk of late about the Muslim Messiah, called the "Mahdi," whose arrival is eagerly awaited by the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, among others. Indeed, the Iranian leadership recently reiterated its belief that the precious Mahdi would be arriving "soon," a belief very similar to that of many Christians, who have been awaiting "Christ's return" for the past nearly 2,000 years. Any day now, they have insisted since then. The same can be said of the supposed coming of the Muslim messiah, which has been imminent for centuries, according to fervent Islamic belief.
This "End Times" scenario is very important, because it overshadows practically everything that happens on a global scale - and because it threatens all life on Earth with its apocalyptic vision of Armageddon that so many millions are actually attempting to bring to fruition. Therefore, it is necessary to examine these beliefs in the light of day. Here I will give a brief summary of the origins of the Mahdi, so that we can see that the concept is yet another rehash of ancient mythology and should not be taken seriously enough to be acted upon and cause global chaos and mayhem, as is what the Iranian leaders have been doing in order to precipitate the Muslim messiah's arrival.
"The messiah will not rise until fear, great earthquakes and sedition take place."
--Imam Bagher
Despite fervent Islamist belief, the Mahdi - also called the "Twelfth Imam" by Shia Muslims like the Iranian leaders - is a pre-Islam Pagan concept:
Mahdi
One guided by, sent by, or given by the Moon-goddess Mah; Arabic-Moslem title of the promised Messiah... The Mahdi would be born of "the Virgin Paradise"...who embodied the spirit of the Moon-goddess on earth. His coming was so eagerly awaited that many historical Islamic leaders claimed to personify him.
After Arabia was converted to Islam, it was usually supposed that the Mahdi would be sent by Allah. But he was older than Islam. As his title suggests, he was a Son of the Moon in the most primitive times, when all Arabia was the territory of the lunar Goddess, one of whose names was Mah. (Barbara Walker, The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, 571)
Much more about these important subjects will be found in a forthcoming book. In the meantime, let us not fall into this self-fulfilling prophecy, which is in reality a blueprint for destruction based on myth.
Further Reading
Origins of Islam
A Brief History of the Apocalypse
Comparing Abrahamic 'End Times' Prophecies
Iran's End Times Documentary
Ahmadinejad and the Mahdi
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|2011-03-29 17:10:11 BenJudaism,Christianity,and Islam are plagiarized myths from much older pagan legends.
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|2011-03-30 02:26:53 GeneOh bother not again, HAHA I'm with Bill Hicks on this one .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z5vuMvTg4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv49_YZUt3k&feature=related
Oh yeah can't forget this guy either!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvycD_e28k&feature=related
Hope the point was taken, so ah just hold on to your butt life sucks, and as long as we let the "comfortably/mentally numb" call the shots it will keep on sucking till there is no life left at all!
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|2011-08-03 18:28:55 raheel - fakethis is all wrong what you have put. the mahdi is not moon godess, he is a muslim follower or muhammad (pbuh), believes in Allah as the only god and not moon or sun god. also the iranian president is waiting for dajjal (the antichrist) whom he will think is mahdi but he will not realize the real mahdi.
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|2011-12-05 18:46:51 mori54all of you know nothing about islam and mahdi i,m iranian please dont talk about things that you dont know about them. if you wanna know the truth you must read qur,an just. all of you heard wrong things about islam and muslims .لا اله الا الله
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|2012-01-08 22:34:39 Seth - Get your research straightFor All muslims and christians or jews who dont bother to do any research before making judgements on each other read the following.
1. Hebrew, Aramaic (preceding hebrew) and Arabic are sister languages
There is no word such as "God" in these languages if many christians do rememeber their bible before it was translated into Roman and subsequently to English ALL DO REMEMBER THIS PHRASE FROM THE BIBLE " ELLA ELLA LA MA TAMASSANI "(Very much intact in the new testament as well) translated O God O God Why have thou forsaken me.
Now two words ILLAHIM, ILLAHEE (HEBREW), ILLAHEE translates into god ILLAHEE is used for God in Arabic as well, however the word ALLAH is mostly used for God in Arabic (compare the phonotics ELLA and ALLAH) as it is used in the Koran.
2.Lastly name of Jesus in hebrew "ESHUA" (somehow took form Jehovah pronounced with an I not J), in Arabic Jesus is called "EESAA", finally in Islam Jesus is the Messiah however Islam is purely monotheistic and does not equate JESUS with God (as in Christianity)
Islam says that jesus never died but it was made to seem so and before the day of judgement he will arrive again to destroy the DAJJAL (The closest match to the dajjal in Christianity would be the beast or the Anti Christ)
Imam Mahdi is certainly not the Messiah in Islam, however he is the Imam of the true followers of Islam and during his lifetime he will meet with Jesus as per the Sunnah books.
References for Above:
The Koran: Chapter Mary (Surah Maryam), (Other reference in Chapter Baqrah and some other chapters as well)
The Bible: New testament (Search ELLA ELLA LAMA TAMASSANI online text pdf form)
The Mahdi (Sunnah Books Sahee-Bukhari, Sahee Muslim, Ibn Maja n TRIMIZI)
You've got a book coming out on these issues??? WOW!!! I very seriously can't wait. This whole 'end times' crap needs to be addressed in such a way that only you can, Acharya S. I truly look forward to such an important project/book. I hope it gets turned into a documentary on DVD.