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	Mahdi
		In the case of the Shi'i Mahdi many scholars have suggested that there is a clear inspiration coming from the Messiah-figure of Christianity and its ideas of a judgement day in the hands of a religious renewer.
		In Shi'i Islam, the Mahdi is central to the creed, contrary to Sunni Islam.
		In the latter case, theologians meant that Umar 2 was the 1st of altogether 8 renewers of Islam.
	i-cias.com /e.o/mahdi.htm (628 words)

	Identification of the Prophesized Imam Mahdi
		For some of these individuals (like Bab of Iran or Mirza Ghulam of India) the claim to being Mahdi was just a stepping stone to the development of heretic sects which broke away from the fold of Islam.
		If Mahdi has indeed appeared while you are living close to the Prophet's period and while his companions are living among you, then you are truly fortunate.
		Mahdi will not appear until people are devoured by oppression and tyranny and there is no one absent more beloved and more needed than him.
	www.irshad.org /islam/prophecy/mahdi.htm (1893 words)

	Mahdi
		In the case of the Shi'i Mahdi many scholars have suggested that there is a clear inspiration coming from the Messiah-figure of Christianity and its ideas of a judgement day in the hands of a religious renewer.
		In the latter case, theologians meant that Umar 2 was the 1st of altogether 8 renewers of Islam.
		When "Mahdi" was used for the Abbasid Caliph an-Nasir, he was defined as the final Mahdi, and there were no need to expect any future Mahdis.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/mahdi.htm (628 words)

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The Mahdi (Ma Adi or Primordial Mother)
		The Mahdi, (the name of the last of the twelve imams, the first being Ali, son-in-law of Mohammed) according to Islam, and in particular its Shiite branch, is the Savior to come at the time of the Last Judgment to save the world.
		The function of the Mahdi is similar to those attributed to the Kalki of the Hindus, the Maitreya of the Buddhists or the Christ King of the Christians.
		The obscure presence of the Mahdi dominates totally the religious conscience of imamism during the period of the disappearance of Ali until the return of the awaited Savior.
	www.adishakti.org /_/mahdi.htm (1687 words)

	Identifying the Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		148 Hadith on: "Mahdi is the nineth descendant of Husayn."
		99 Hadith on: "Mahdi is the sixth descendant of Imam Sadiq."
		Well, the presence of a "Mahdi" and a "Qaem" is very important for reformation of the world, depicting the truth of Holy Prophet (s.a.) and for the fulfillment of the system of guidance of Nature.
	qaem.org /cgi-bin/articles/jump.cgi?ID=26 (481 words)

	The Development and Characteristics of Islam’s Messianic Figure: The Mahdi
		Although the Qur’an does not mention the Mahdi explicitly, the Qur’an does emphasize that the Day of Judgment is near, a day when, among other things, there will be great earthquakes, the sky will roll up, the dead will rise, the forces of evil will be conquered, and all people will bow before God.
		Al-Mukhatar is credited with one of the earliest popular usages of the term Mahdi for having applied it to Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiya, a son of Ali by a woman other than Fatima.
		Interestingly, the arrival of the Mahdi is often associated with the return of Jesus.
	www.wm.edu /so/monitor/spring2001/paper2.htm (2820 words)

	Mahdi (PBUH),Ten Revolutions in One Revolution
		Mahdi's (PBUH) mother was a Christian from Rome Empire, who was taken as a captive of war and chose Islam on her own.
		Mahdi (PBUH) will fight, but for peace; that is because he knows that these wars won't end unless a war brings them to end.
		According to the Ahadith, in the government of Mahdi (PBUH), a young girl (who likely is sensitive to harshness and aggression) can have a trip from on corner to another corner of the world lonely, while no danger threatens her.
	www.roshd.org /eng/beliefs/?BEL_CODE=107 (2838 words)

	The Mahdi Complex
		The Mahdi is believed by the Sunni and Shia Muslims to be their Messiah and will bring peace to the earth and unite the world under Islamic rule.
		They belief that the Mahdi that is set to take the world stage is the 12th Imam from the 10th century.
		Some Shias believe that the Mahdi will reappear through a well at the shrine, so the postbox has been erected on the spot for the faithful to send him their prayers.
	www.d.umn.edu /~dhomich/U.S.A./end_days/mahdicomplex.html (1810 words)

	Mahdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also, as Mahdiism is closely related to the leadership of the whole Muslims (Ummah) and widely accepted by them, it has had the potential to be abused as some leaders of secularly focused politico-religious movements in the name of Islam who have claimed to be the Mahdi.
		The first historical recorded reference to a movement using the name of Mahdi is al-Mukhtar's rebellion against the Umayyid Caliphate in 686 CE (almost 50 years after the Islamic prophet).
		The coming of the Mahdi is a disputed notion within Sunnis, with the claim being denied notably by both the Ahle Quran and notable Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama clerics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahdi (1418 words)

	Mahdi - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		MAHDI [Mahdi] [Arab.,=he who is divinely guided], in Sunni Islam, the restorer of the faith.
		The Mahdi will be preceded by al-Dajjal, a Muslim antichrist, who will be slain by Jesus.
		Among the Shiites the concept of the Mahdi takes a different form (see imam).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-mahdi.html (454 words)

	Online NewsHour: Strong Words from Iran's President -- December 9, 2005
		LINDSEY HILSUM: Jamkaran, the shrine to the 12th imam, the Mahdi.
		All Shias believe that one day the Mahdi will return, but some Iranians are beginning to worry that their new president is reorienting the country's politics towards that day.
		LINDSEY HILSUM: The Bright Future Institute at Qom is devoted to the study of the Mahdi and other Messianic cults, they catalogue the literature and answer questions from the public sent in by e-mail, phone or letter.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec05/iran_12-9.html (889 words)

	Baghdad: Mahdi Army Assault
		The Mahdi army is the militia wing of The Active Religious Seminary, fighters headed by rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
		In early April 2004, the Mahdi army attempted to occupy and gain control of police stations and government buildings in Baghdad, engaging coalition forces in battle using small arms and RPGs.
		Members of the Mahdi army see the US as "invaders," and view George W. Bush as their new oppressor.
	www.kumawar.com /MahdiArmyAssault/forces.php (650 words)

	The Coming of al-Mahdi
		"Mahdi is the descendant of the Holy Prophet (Sal) in the fortieth generation.
		He (Mahdi) will appear with power, with so much power that everything will be taken away that technology is supporting and people are trusting in.
		When Mahdi comes he will bring so many new people with him who will be coming from around this earth.
	kataragama.org /al-mahdi.htm (2325 words)

	Colonel Gordon and the Mahdi
		Since some of the Mahdi's followers appeared to be disgruntled ex-slave traders, the British public--deeply committed to the anti-slavery cause, at least the way they understood it--could not possibly object to Gordon's presence.
		After the death of the Mahdi, who succumbed to smallpox shortly after the fall of Khartoum and the execution of Charles Gordon, and until the British re-conquest of the Sudan in 1896, a Mahdist state existed under the leadership of the Khalifa 'Abd Allahi.
		In any case, the prospects for Mahdi independence and social emancipation were severely limited by the social and economic backwardness of the region and by growing pressure from the colonists during a period of ever-increasing European incursion.
	www.columbia.edu /~lnp3/mydocs/fascism_and_war/mahdism.htm (5011 words)

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		Cantrell said the Mahdi, a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed, vanished in the middle of the 9th century.
		Others scribble prayer requests to the Mahdi on pieces of paper that are then dropped into the well.
		And if all this wasn't mystical enough, there is also the belief that when the Mahdi comes back, he will be accompanied by Jesus Christ, who is referred to as the prophet Isa.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/world/060523a.aspx (1328 words)

	Chapter VIII : The Mahdi
		If, in reports relating to the Mahdi different parties for their own ulterior motives have mixed up false reports, this is quite feasible, although this again proves that behind these reports there is something substantial which both parties had wanted to seize upon to serve their own ends.
		In short, the real Mahdi of Islam is he who has clarified the real meaning of mahdihood and has shown to the world that the Mahdi of Islam is a spiritual mahdi and that Islam's success depends on its intrinsic spiritual values and not on outward force.
		Firstly, it was wrong to associate the name of Mahdi with the sword and to believe, as the opponents did, that Islam was spread at the point of the sword, and, secondly, that Jesus and the Mahdi were not two separate persons but two names of the same reformer.
	www.aaiil.org /text/books/mali/promisedmessiah/ch8mahdi.shtml (5976 words)

	Muhammad al-Mahdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mohammad al-Mahdī (محمد المهدى) (or Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Ali) is, according to Twelver Shi'as, the twelfth Imam and the Mahdi, a figure considered by both Sunnis and Shi'as to be the ultimate saviour of mankind.
		Baha'is believe that the Mahdi has already come to this earth and fulfilled all the prophecies, many of them in a symbolic sense.
		In 1848, the Bab, more-openly claimed to be the Mahdi and an independent Manifestation (or "perfect Mirror") of God.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muhammad_al-Mahdi (2116 words)

	Hanan Mahdi
		Pavlis, G.L., H.H. Mahdi, and F.L. Vernon (1994).
		Sami Eyuboglu, Hanan Mahdi, and Haydar Al-Shukri (2004).
		Mahdi, H.H. Spatial stability of Rayliegh wave amplitude and path dependent stacking capabilities of the Kyrghystan Broadband Network, (a paper in preparation).
	quake.ualr.edu /mahdiwebpage/mahdi.htm (1678 words)

	Why the British Hate Sudan: The Mahdia's War Against London
		Following the Mahdi's death, Abdellahi organized the construction of a tomb and, across from it, the house and related buildings from which he was to rule united Sudan.
		The Mahdi (later the Khalifa) was the supreme judge of the judiciary, and his khalifas and emirs acted as judges on the provincial and local levels.
		One version has it that Kitchener ordered the bones of the Mahdi to be thrown into the Nile and that he sent the skull of the Mahdi to the Royal Surgeons College, apparently to submit it to phrenological examinations.
	members.tripod.com /~american_almanac/mahdia.htm (4817 words)

	Sahifa Al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s.)
		May this be a blessed step for similar anthologies and books from the shining stars of infallibility and guidance-in the not-too-distant future-to be presented to the lovers of divine mysticism from the clear fountainhead of the household of revelation and prophethood (Peace be upon them all).
		Despite the endeavors of deniers, the divine promise was fulfilled at last and Imam Mahdi (a.s.) was born.
		During the major occultation, Shias should cherish a zeal for the Imam in their mind, his love in their heart, thoughts focused on making efforts in his way, their prayers should be sending benedictions upon him, their supplications should be for his reappearance and their whole being yearning for him.
	www.duas.org /SahifaMahdi/Index.htm (1549 words)

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		But before the Mahdi's return, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes there must be global chaos – even if he has to create it himself.
		He explained, "The Mahdi is a personage that is expected to come on the scene, by Islam, as a messiah figure.
		Shiite Muslims believe the Mahdi, a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed, vanished in the middle of the 9th century.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/cwn/061606mahdi.aspx (1327 words)

	Chapter Four
		The Mahdi’s ascendancy to power is said to be preceded by an army from the east who will be carrying fl flags or banners of war.
		It is clear that this man is the Mahdi who will ride the white horse and judge by the Qur’an (with justice) and with whom will be men with marks of prostration on their foreheads [Marks on their foreheads from bowing in prayer with their head to the ground five times daily].
		Ad-Dani said that he is called the Mahdi because he will be guided to a mountain in Syria from which he will bring forth the volumes of the Torah with which to argue against the Jews and at his hands a group of them will become Muslim.
	answering-islam.org.uk /Authors/JR/Future/ch04_the_mahdi.htm (3572 words)

	Alienshift, MARS, Alternative 3, UFO, Alien, Pole Shift, Time Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Another sign which will indicate the authenticity of Imaam Mahdi wil be that in the Ramadhaan prior to his emergence an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur.
		The main idea that runs through all of them suggests that the topic about the future coming of the Mahdi and Qa'im during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) was well known.
		They spoke about the Mahdi and replied to the questions that were posed to them on this subject.
	www.alienshift.com /id31.html (10074 words)

	Mahdi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The best known of these in the West was Muhammad Ahmad, 1844–85, a Muslim religious leader in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
		He declared himself in 1881 to be the Mahdi and led a war of liberation from the oppressive Egyptian military occupation.
		In his reform of Islam the Mahdi forbade the pilgrimage to Mecca and substituted the obligation to serve in the holy war against unbelievers.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Mahdi.html (282 words)

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