Baba Vanga: Who is the blind mystic who ‘predicted the rise of Isis’?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/baba-vanga-who-is-the-blind-mystic-who-predicted-the-rise-of-isis-a6765071.html
A blind Bulgarian mystic has made headlines for purportedly warning of the rise of Isis decades ago.
Baba Vanga supposedly warned Muslims would invade Europe in a ‘great Muslim war’ which would end with the establishment of an Islamic caliphate by 2043, with Rome as its epicentre.
Her prophecy has encouraged conspiracy theorists to point towards the rise of Isis as evidence for her claims.
I share serious mutual worry that Islam represents an existential threat to western culture, and our freedoms.
History provides ample reason for fearing muslims, and therefore there’s little value in considering what mystics say.
Many of Baba Vanga’s predictions were not documented and translated, and her accuracy was seriously over-hyped.
She was exploited by the Bulgarian Communist party for publicity.
For healthy skepticism:
Source: MSN article references various investigations of BV prediction accuracy
http://pickle.ninemsn.com.au/2015/12/09/11/40/baba-vanga