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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 Islams demonic eschatology. For those who claim that Mahdism is only held by Shia, take note that it is a Sunni group that has created this thoroughly Mahdist video and not Shia. Al_Qaeda and the Taliban literally views themselves collectively as the Mahdis 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 Shiite 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,...”