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World to end on August 22
Guardian ^
| 08/09/06
| Brian Whitaker
Posted on 08/09/2006 9:02:18 AM PDT by presidio9
Better cancel those holidays. We now have a date for Armageddon, and it's a week on Tuesday - August 22.
This information comes from no lesser source than the Wall Street Journal, where Bernard Lewis, President Bush's favourite historian, provides the details.
"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity," the professor writes, "there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long-awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.
"Mr Ahmadinejad [the Iranian president] and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by August 22. This was at first reported as 'by the end of August', but Mr Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."
Lewis continues: "What is the significance of August 22? This year, August 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque', usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf, Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world."
This sort of quasi-religious scaremongering always finds a receptive audience in the United States, especially among Christians of the jihadist
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To: Howlin
I already have two pairs of Crocs.....love them!
401
posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:30 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
To: Howlin
I have UGS, --- too hot for August --- and I wouldn't mind owning wither the sage green or the khaki CROCS. Which color(s) do you have? :)
402
posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:31 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx
403
posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:32 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
To: Howlin
I'm sorry, but those are not shoes, those are colanders shaped like feet! And the boots have the most apt name ever.
404
posted on
08/09/2006 12:41:52 PM PDT
by
Sisku Hanne
(*Support DIANA IREY for US Congress!* Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!)
To: OB1kNOb
405
posted on
08/09/2006 12:42:03 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx; Howlin
World to end on August 22I guess that means Simcox is off the hook...
406
posted on
08/09/2006 12:42:52 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: presidio9
Oooooooh, you're a man of my dreams! Take charge! Excellent.
407
posted on
08/09/2006 12:43:14 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: mkjessup
Hey -- I like that! Good idea!
408
posted on
08/09/2006 12:43:21 PM PDT
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Petronski; Howlin
LOL -- but not his cohort/cager.
409
posted on
08/09/2006 12:43:58 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: presidio9
you'd think with a title like that it would have made it over to Breaking News
To: racing fan; Howlin
411
posted on
08/09/2006 12:44:04 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
To: onyx
I have navy blue and tan Crocs.....I want pink and a few other colors
412
posted on
08/09/2006 12:45:26 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
To: mystery-ak
.........Howlin can ping us if she has time..lol
_____________________________________________________
Ping me please.
I am not sure how to start a ping list or how to do one. Otherwise I can do it.
413
posted on
08/09/2006 12:45:58 PM PDT
by
racing fan
(Go Team Israel!)
To: Mo1
May I suggest also adding the 3 days of darkness story to the thread
All of a sudden I feel the need to go to confession.
414
posted on
08/09/2006 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(The biggest blog of the Ohio governor race http://blackwellvstrickland.blogspot.com)
To: onyx
Oooooooh, you're a man of my dreams! Take charge! Excellent. You're not so bad yourself. Too bad the world is gonna end next week. As the song says: "Could have been so beautiful.... Could have been so right..."
415
posted on
08/09/2006 12:47:16 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
To: mystery-ak; Howlin
I love all the colors. Now that Howlin has kindly posted the pics, I think I will see if my Dillard's has the Butter ones.
416
posted on
08/09/2006 12:47:56 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: onyx
I have UGS, --- too hot for August I am soooooooooo out of the loop ...what are UGS???
417
posted on
08/09/2006 12:48:47 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
To: presidio9
LOL! Timing is EVERYTHING!
418
posted on
08/09/2006 12:49:13 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: Howlin
Please include me so I don't forget to blow my diet and eat an entire pizza. thanks!
419
posted on
08/09/2006 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: Mo1
Primarily boots.
I have these: 
420
posted on
08/09/2006 12:51:07 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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.........Howlin can ping us if she has time..lol