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To: Mossad1967
Is "Mahdi" a common honorific in Muslim countries?
8,896 posted on 01/09/2004 8:41:50 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: GOPJ
Common? Absolutely Not!

This is the equivalent of the Christian's second coming.

The Mahdi is THE prophet that would lead the Muslim into the Kaliph.<---meaning eden or paradise. It is Islam's ultimate destiny.

8,906 posted on 01/09/2004 9:27:56 PM PST by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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