Posted on 10/02/2006 4:15:34 PM PDT by MadIvan
THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam.
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr claims that his militia is preparing for the day when the Mahdi, the last direct descendent of the revered Shia figure Ali, reappears. Shia believe that the Mahdi, who disappeared in 868, will bring justice to Earth.
At a prayer service in the central Iraqi city of Kufa on September 15, the cleric told a crowd of thousands that the Americans were collecting a dossier on the Mahdi to prevent his return. “Did you ever ask yourself about why all of this, the bloodshed and the prisons? Why are the brothers fighting each other for a political game planned by the Americans? This all happened because they (the Americans) are waiting for the Mahdi. This planning started ten years ago. They have a big file for Imam Mahdi and they just need his picture to complete it.”
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr and his advisers are convinced that the Americans want to destroy Islam and stop the Mahdi. “The Americans are trying to hijack Islamic movements. They think that these are serving the Mahdi’s interests. Whatever they did in Afghanistan and Iraq are all attempts to hijack the Mahdi’s return.”
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
screw the imam, screw hakuna-muktadur, screw your turban, screw mecca, get the f&ck out of my country. I'm over you.
Shoulda offed Sadr a looooong time ago
"the day when the Mahdi,... reappears. "
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were them.
Anyone standing around and waiting for Him (or the Mahdi) is bound to look pretty damn silly.
Regards, Ivan
Hahaha, too late for them!
I've had the Madhi locked up in my well for the past 200 years. ( a legacy from my heathen grand uncle.)
Keep meaning to put in a new well pump but just never get a round toit. I do however dump some marble chips in every once in a while to sweeten things up a bit, you should hear him curse...
Well they must want to destroy the US Infidel nation to stop Christs return.
Regards, Ivan
I hold my breath every time the Mahdi does appear. It's called "pitching a loaf".
THAT'S how much I think of the Religion of Death.
lol....we have a dossier on the 12th Iman?
i make an imam everyday, then i wipe and flush.
Like someone is going to get a Christian all worked up because the Budhists or anyone else are trying to prevent Jesus Christ from returning.
From a Christian's perspective, it doesn't matter...He is going to come irrespective of what people think, or do, or believe.
Area 51 holds many secrets...;)
If people weren't dying over this, it would be merely eccentric. As people are getting killed for this, it's insanity.
Regards, Ivan
I read where the imam refuses to return to earth until Louis Farrakhan is dead.
Yeah, it's pretty much pure spite.
Somebody throws a kid into a well to get rid of a potential claimant to the Caliphate, and these idiots think he's going to come back and save the world? You're right, they are crazy. Can you imagine a British sect that was based on the return of King Harold's offspring? The Muslims have been denying reality for a long time.
Weak-minded conspiracy theorists.
Baby Jessica was the 12th Imam?
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