He will be recognized as the man who brought peace to the world, and the Jews, at the urging of their own religious clerics, will view him as their “savior.” Recently I read an article on this very subject, and they tied the anti Christ into being Israeli/Jewish .
If I can locate that article I will paste it here. That to me would make more sense than the anti Christ being a Moslem. Most of the world will adore this man and follow him, according to scripture, so a Moslem ? I dooooooon't think so.
I think that the antichrist is satan, as he wanted to sit on the mercy seat instead of protecting it. Remember he is supernatural with the ability to deceive the whole world. He will come first claiming to be Christ (and the whole world wondered after the false prophet).