“Black Flags of Khorasan” ping
Yes, Dajjal, and that ‘tradition’ has as its foundation the event described in the Exodus, when the Amalekites, fleeing a catastrophe in their own region, fled toward Egypt by following a long black cloud; they met and fought with the fleeing slaves of Egypt, and when they reached Egypt, they found a land destroyed. Their interpretation was that Egypt had been laid bare for them and some supernatural force (which hurled black stones to earth?) meant the entire world was theirs for booty. They naturally, quite desperately want this to happen once again, thus the prophecy.
And they’ll wipe the planet clean of humanity, turn it to dust and ashes to make it happen.
Thanks Dajjal.
Thanks for the Ping.
From the zenpundit blog:
This is the first time that I have seen solid proof that al-Qaeda and the Taliban is thoroughly guided by Islam’s demonic eschatology. For those who claim that Mahdism is only held by Shi’a, take note that it is a Sunni group that has created this thoroughly Mahdist video and not Shi’a. Al_Qaeda and the Taliban literally views themselves collectively as the Mahdi’s army carrying the Black Flags that will march to Jerusalem to “liberate” it from the Jews. This is a full blown Al-Qaeda / Mahdi Army recruitment video.
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“...while Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims may both be in expectation of the Mahdi, and may indeed both (sometimes) draw on ahadith about his army coming with black flags out of Khorasan, this does not mean that the two streams of Mahdism can be lumped together as a single movement,...”