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Chasing the apocalypse: Radical Shiite clerics on American soil preach prophetic showdown with US
Fox News ^ | March 2, 2026 | Asra Q. Nomani

Posted on 03/05/2026 3:45:07 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

For many, the war with Iran — and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — might seem like the climactic end to a long, brutal reign of terror by the theological clerics who have run the country since 1979.

But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the "Mahdi," a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.

In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.

At a recent Friday sermon at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia, an imam closed prayer with an earnest plea, before war broke out in Iran: "May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers – or kafiroon or munafiqoon," he said, using Arabic words that refer to "nonbelievers" and "hypocrites."

He asked for this victory "before the arrival of Imam Mahdi."

Fox News Digital observed the sermon and also witnessed a special table of honor in the middle of the mosque’s main prayer hall, featuring framed photos of Khamenei embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, also killed by Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Iran; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 202603; america; dajjal; domesticenemies; hassannasrullah; hezbollah; iran; islam; mahdi; shiite; yahyasinwar
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1 posted on 03/05/2026 3:45:07 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

MICGA

Make Internment Camps Great Again


2 posted on 03/05/2026 3:48:37 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Mr. Mojo

Only 4.89 years left?


3 posted on 03/05/2026 3:51:39 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Bkmk


4 posted on 03/05/2026 3:54:37 AM PST by sauropod
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To: Mr. Mojo

Everything in the old testament points to Christ, nothing points to Muhammad except when Jesus warns: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.


5 posted on 03/05/2026 4:01:27 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Mr. Mojo

Why are these people on American soil? DEPORT THEM ALL.


6 posted on 03/05/2026 4:03:30 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Mr. Mojo

Seems like America is about to be placed on suicide watch. The AWFUL’s and the dimocRAT party are the equivalent of cutters, and we sane Americans need to do everything in our power to limit their influence and elected power.


7 posted on 03/05/2026 4:10:14 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: Mr. Mojo
The United States is Samuri Jack and you can guess the identity of Aku.
8 posted on 03/05/2026 4:25:58 AM PST by 55Ford (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.Xy4oYwb)
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To: FLT-bird; bigfootbob

Yes. Islam, the greatest anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-individual, anti-life collective in the history of civilization continues to advance. That evil mind is everywhere. Look, listen, examine.


9 posted on 03/05/2026 4:32:25 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

What’s up with “Islamophobia”? We’re supposed to believe that there is no rationale for it...Like HELL there isn’t!


10 posted on 03/05/2026 4:34:39 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Phinneous
Here is something you might find interesting (re: 2026):

Annus mirabilis (pl. anni mirabiles) is a Latin phrase that means "year of miracles", "marvelous year", "wonderful year", or "miraculous year". This term has been used to refer to several years during which events of major importance are remembered, notably Isaac Newton's discoveries in 1665--1666 at the age of 23, and Albert Einstein's papers published in 1905 at the age of 26.[1] The opposite of this concept is an annus horribilis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis

As you can see on the Hebrew page, these years are expressed as "the year of miracles of..." [...שנת הפלאות של], followed by whomever.

That first part = 1602, so for the phrase to add up to 2026, the "whomever" would need to = 424.

Recall the excitement starting back ~ 2016, when the Jewish world was all abuzz because "Donald Trump" [דונלד טראמפ] = "Mashiach ben David" [משיח בן דוד]

= 424

These things take time:

"A rising tide lifts all boats" --

"גאות עולה מרימה את כל הסירות"

= 1948

"Pride" tends to be a trigger word for those who only see the side of evil, but the word for "tide" [גאות] is the same.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A rising pride lifts all hopes.

Rising hopes lift all anchors.

Anchors Aweigh!

(Join the Navi, see the world. 😉)

11 posted on 03/05/2026 4:40:44 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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With all of the privately-owned firearms and ammo in the US, the prophesy is the end of islam at least in this country.


12 posted on 03/05/2026 4:46:50 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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“But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the “Mahdi,” a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.”

And this:

“In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.”

who’s got the photo of the guy saying ‘not this crap again’?


13 posted on 03/05/2026 4:53:45 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

At least this time I won’t have to travel halfway around the world to play Cowboys and Allah Fubar screaming Sand Uyghurs. Nice to have Home Field advantage.


14 posted on 03/05/2026 5:35:57 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This TagliCanne CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Our “diversity” is really biting us on the ass. We Americans aren’t as smart as we think we are . In fact, we’re a lot dumber.


15 posted on 03/05/2026 6:04:42 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Supreme Court Sucks. Time for the old dinosaur to go along with the U.N. and NATO.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I hate to tell ‘em, but their “showdown” won’t be with the US- it will be with God. How do you think that will work out for them...?
They’re readin’ the wrong Book.


16 posted on 03/05/2026 6:14:50 AM PST by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: Skwor

Pronto.


17 posted on 03/05/2026 6:37:30 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: FLT-bird

Back to Suckistan where they belong.


18 posted on 03/05/2026 6:37:47 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: equaviator

Exactly!


19 posted on 03/05/2026 6:38:17 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Mr. Mojo

I’ve got news for you, imam. We’re in the middle of your prophetic showdown and your side is losing. Big time.


20 posted on 03/05/2026 6:50:27 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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