JIHAD BRINGS ISLAM'S MESSIAH, al-MAHDI

WHAT MOST AMERICANS (AND MOST WORLD LEADERS) DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ISLAM WOULD FILL VOLUMES.

WHY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN JUST THE PAST 10 TO 20 YEARS (DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION) HAVE "MILITANT MUSLIMS" BEGUN SUCH A DEDICATED AND EVER-GROWING VIOLENT CAMPAIGN SUCH AS JIHAD?

TO BRING ON THEIR "MESSIAH", THEIR AL-MAHDI.

FOR ABOUT 10% TO 20% OF THE ALMOST 2 BILLION MUSLIMS ON EARTH, THE COMING OF THE MAHDI IS THE MOST DESIRABLE HOPE THEY HAVE.

IT'S SIMPLY A RELIGIOUS BELIEF AMONG THE "PURIST" MUSLIMS FUELING THE ATTACKS WE'RE SEEING TODAY.

CAN WE BLAME THEM FOR DOING SO?
CAN WE BLAME ANY RELIGION FOR DOING SO?

YES, ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN, WE HONESTLY MUST, RIGHT?

What many in the West including fail to realize is just like the other two major religions, Islam has its own prophesies, "end time" prophesies about what will, what MUST happen before their "messiah", their mahdi can appear.

One of the key beliefs of those who subscribe to what is often referred to as 'Apocalyptic Islam' is that they believe NOW is the end time. 

                                              Much larger image <HERE>.

ISLAM MUST BE ACCEPTED BY ALL ON EARTH, ACCORDING TO THEIR PROPHET.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY TRULY DEVOUT MUSLIM TO BRING ALL THE WORLD TO ISLAM.

I REALLY DISLIKE HAVING TO SAY THIS, BUT MUSLIMS ARE LIKE CHRISTIANS IN THIS RESPECT.
THERE IS BUT ONE RELIGION, ACCORDING TO BOTH ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY, THAT WILL GUARANTEE 'PARADISE', OR HEAVEN, IN THE AFTERLIFE OF ALL HUMANITY.

FEW KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY THIS IS TAKEN IN ISLAM.  

A Pew poll conducted in 2012 asked respondents about the imminence of two events that, according to Islamic tradition, will take place before the Day of Judgment: the return of the Mahdi and the return of Jesus Christ.

"In 9 of the 23 nations where the question was asked, half or more of Muslim adults say they believe the return of the Mahdi will occur in their lifetime, including 83% of Muslims in Afghanistan, 72% of Muslims in Iraq, 68% in Turkey and 67% in Tunisia.

Muslims expect that during the end times, there will arise a Muslim leader called al-Mahdi, meaning "The Guided One".
He will be the leader of all the Muslims and will wage jihad against the ENTIRE rest of the world, all the NON-MUSLIM world, which will bring the entire world into subjection under Islam.

GET A FAIRLY GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THIS COMING "IMAM al-MAHDI" <HERE>.
VERY INTERESTING READING FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS BELIEF.

FOR IN-DEPTH READING, SEE THE FOLLOWING TWO ONLINE COMMENTARIES:

~  The Signs of the Reappearance of the Twelfth Imam 

~ An Overview of The Mahdi’s Government 

NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY JIHAD ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD MUST COME.

"Muslims expect his kingdom will be world-wide and his accomplishment will surpass all the great empires in history.
Their al-Mahdi will be a ruler over the whole world, greater than any other ruler who ever lived.

He will be so great that the Muslims believe that the Christian's Messiah, Jesus Christ, and all world leaders will serve him, obey him and submit to Islam.   

The act of striving to serve the purposes of God on this earth INCLUDES waging jihad against the non-believers, those who would corrupt and/or destroy Islam."     

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi,  a well-known Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete, states that there is consensus among Islamic scholars that the concept of jihad will always include armed struggle against wrongdoers.
The only valid basis for jihad through arms is to end oppression when all other measures have failed.

 According to him, Jihad can only be waged by an organized Islamic state. 
No person, party or group can take arms into their hands (for the purpose of waging jihad) under any circumstances. 

WE SEE THIS PICKED UP BY AMERICAN MEDIA WHO MAY BE (CAN THEY BE>) UNAWARE OF THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF WORDS USED TO "EXPLAIN" ISLAM TO WESTERN MINDS.

SINCE THE QUR'AN IS UNACCEPTABLE AND VIRTUALLY INVALID WHEN TRANSLATED INTO ANY "FOREIGN" LANGUAGE, SUCH WORD-PLAYS ARE A DELIGHT TO THOSE WHO REALIZE VERY FEW NON-MUSLIMS WILL OR CAN REALIZE THE "TRUE" QUR'AN'S MANDATES AND DIRECTIVES.

THINK OF IT LIKE THIS...REMEMBER WHEN CLINTON ASKED "WHAT THE DEFINITION OF IS, IS.."?

YEAH, IT'S LIKE THAT. 

TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE PURISTS OF ISLAM LOOK DOWN AT/THOROUGHLY DISLIKE ANY TRANSLATION, READ <THIS>.   

"Why it is an absolute must for Muslims to learn tafsiir of the Quran,along with the Arabic language…"

And, for a quite mild introduction to "true" Islam, have a read <HERE>. 

The word "jihad" appears 23 times in 22 verses in the Qur'an in the MUHSIN KHAN translation.

~  "...jihad (holy fighting in Allah's cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know." 
(سورة البقرة, Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #216)

~ "And among them is he who says: "Grant me leave (to be exempted from jihad) and put me not into trial." Surely, they have fallen into trial. And verily, Hell is surrounding the disbelievers."   
(سورة التوبة, At-Tawba, Chapter #9, Verse #49)

A DIFFERENT FORM OF JIHAD?
~ "We have enjoined on people kindness to parents; but if they STRIVE (Jahadaka) to make you ascribe partners with Me that of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not..." [Noble Quran 29:8; also see 31:15]

In the above two verses of the Quran, it is non-Muslim parents who strive (Jahadaka) to convert their Muslim child back to their religion.

Verses below were translated by  Maulvi Sher Ali and offered on the website <HERE>.  

There is also extensive writing on that website regarding the "mahdi"...
An entire book about it is <there>.

~ "And kill them wherever you meet them and drive them out from where they have driven you out; for persecution is worse than killing. And fight them not in, and near, the Sacred Mosque until they fight you therein. But if they fight you, then fight them: such is the requital for the disbelievers.  "
(Al-Baqarah Chapter 2 : Verse 192)

~ Muslims are promised they are invincible, so they believe this.  
"They cannot harm you save a slight hurt; and if they fight you, they shall show you their backs. Then they shall not be helped.   "(Aal-e-`Imran Chapter 3 : Verse 112)

~ "And that He might distinguish the hypocrites. And it was said to them, ‘Come ye, fight in the cause of Allah and repel the attack of the enemy;’ they said, ‘If we knew how to fight, we would surely follow you.’ They were, that day, nearer to disbelief than to belief. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts. And Allah knows well what they conceal."   (Aal-e-`Imran Chapter 3 : Verse 168)

~ Jihad comes with GREAT reward.
"Let those then fight in the cause of Allah who would sell the present life for the Hereafter. And whoso fights in the cause of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, We shall soon give him a great reward."
( Al-Nisa' Chapter 4 : Verse 75)

Westerners, non-Muslims must simply face it, jihad is an important religious duty for Muslims.

REMEMBER HOW SHOCKED, HOW APPALLED WE WESTERNERS WERE BY THE GUERILLA WARFARE AND TORTURE TECHNIQUES OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT AND VIETNAM?

THESE THINGS ARE MERELY CULTURAL AND OR RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES, ALL OF WHICH  WE MUST BE AWARE OF.  

ALL OF US FEEL A SENSE OF "DUTY", JUST IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 

A minority among the Sunni scholars sometimes refer to this duty as the sixth pillar of Islam, though it occupies no such official status.  

 In Twelver Shi'a Islam, however, jihad is one of the ten Practices of the Religion..

Several prominent Muslims including Usama bin Laden and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran made speeches and wrote concerning this belief. 
Ahmadinejad made one such speech before the United Nations.  
 
 Ahmadinejad closed his speech with a call for the "mighty Lord" to "hasten the emergence" of Imam Mahdi.

IF YOU READ THE ENTRY AT THE ABOVE LINK, YOU WILL ALSO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF "TRUE/PURE ISLAM".

While Muslims claim to revere Jesus  (to reassure Christians that both religions are similar?), what they fail to mention is that they believe that when the Christians' Jesus returns he will be subservient to the Mahdi and will force all Jews and Christians to convert to Islam or die.

'Apocalyptic Muslims' believe they must commit acts such as what we are seeing by ISIS and Iran to help bring in the Mahdi’s global Islamic caliphate, his kingdom. 

Muslims believe they will face the Mahdi who will judge them based on their ability to carry out his orders.
IT IS A DEEP BELIEF, THAT'S ALL.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND, MUSLIMS DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT JIHAD ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE IS A MUST.  

They truly believe they are creating events to bring about the arrival of their 'messiah'. 

This is what the NON-MUSLIM world needs to understand, what world leaders need to acknowledge. 

Until western governments, especially, acknowledge this, they are guaranteed to lose the fight against radical Islam.

WESTERNERS ESPECIALLY, ARE UNDER THE MISGUIDED IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS A "MODERATE ISLAM"...BUT ALL ISLAM IS LOOKING FOR THEIR 'MESSIAH', JUST AS CHRISTIANS ARE, JUST AS JEWS ARE.

WHETHER 'MODERATE' OR 'RADICAL', ALL MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND WHAT MUST BE DONE TO BRING ABOUT THEIR al-MAHDI'S APPEARANCE.

THAT'S WHY THIS SPIKE IN EXTREME VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
JIHAD MUST COME ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE.

AND THOSE WHO DIE WHILE WAGING JIHAD ARE GUARANTEED 'HEAVEN', PARADISE, THE GREATEST REWARDS A MUSLIM CAN HOPE FOR.

THIS IS SIMPLY WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
TO DENY IT WOULD MARK THEM AS INFIDELS, BAR THEM FROM PARADISE.

TO DENY THAT JIHAD AGAINST ALL WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT ISLAM IS NECESSARY WOULD DAMN THEIR ETERNAL SOULS, YOU SEE.

IF ONLY 10% OF ALL MUSLIMS BELIEVED THIS, AS SOME WOULD HAVE US THINK, THAT WOULD MEAN ALMOST 200 MILLION MUSLIMS ACCEPTED IT.

AFTER ALL, IN THEIR NATIONS, ABOUT 10% OF THE WORLD'S MUSLIM POPULATION ARE INDEED WAGING JIHAD TODAY.

200 MILLION OF THE ALMOST 2 BILLION?
THE PREDICTIONS ARE THAT THE NUMBERS OF MUSLIMS WILL EQUAL OR SURPASS THAT OF CHRISTIANS ON THE PLANET BY 2050.
10% OF THOSE?

NO...ALL MUST ACCEPT THE DUTY OF JIHAD.

JIHAD HAS BEEN CALLED FOR BY THE TOP-RANKING RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF ISLAM.
JIHAD IT IS!

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I AM MERELY TRYING TO EDUCATE HERE...SINCE HARDLY ANYONE WHO IS NOT A TRADITIONALIST MUSLIM IS AWARE OF THESE THINGS.

I HONESTLY DO NOT CARE WHAT OTHERS BELIEVE OR HOW THEY CHOOSE TO FORM THEIR WORLDVIEW, AS LONG AS NOBODY EXPECTS ME TO EMBRACE THEIR VIEWS.
WE SHOULD ALL BE FREE TO DECIDE HOW WE WORSHIP.
TO THINK LESS IS RATHER STUPID.
PEOPLE WILL DECIDE, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT!

"Observers of Islam and the Dictionary of Islam, talk of jihad having two meanings: an inner spiritual struggle (the "greater jihad"), and an outer physical struggle against the enemies of Islam (the "lesser jihad")."

DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE FAULTS IN OTHERS WAY BEFORE THEY CAN SEE THEIR OWN FAULTS?

ISLAM IS NO DIFFERENT IN THIS RESPECT FROM ANY OTHER RELIGION.
IT PAINS ME GREATLY TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT IT'S A TRUE ONE.


DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, ALL WITH DIFFERENT PLANS...

ABOVE: Geographical distribution of prevailing organized religions throughout the world.

THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED SINCE 2000.

ISLAM IS ABOUT TO OVERTAKE CHRISTIANITY BY THE NUMBERS.

"There are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many smaller ones. 34,000 separate Christian groups have been identified in the world.  
Some of the approximately 1,000 Christian faith groups in the U.S. and Canada believe themselves to be the only true Christian denomination."

SAME THING IN THE WORLD OF ISLAM...DIFFERENT "SECTS" CLASH INCESSANTLY AMONGST THEMSELVES AND WITH THE OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS.

[NOTE: BTW, RELIGIOUS "TOLERANCE" DOES NOT INCLUDE FORCING OTHERS TO ACCEPT YOUR RELIGION!]

So, we have almost 2 billion humans awaiting the "end of days", awaiting "judgement", awaiting their "messiah" whom they refer to as AL-MAHDI, who feel obliged, duty-bound to FIGHT to make ISLAM accepted by all the others...

And these almost 2 billion come into constant conflict with a bit over 2 billion Christians, about 15 million who adhere to Judaism, and all the other inhabitants of thisd third planet from the sun.

IT'S A MESS OUT THERE, ISN'T IT?  

WHEN RELIGIONS CLASH, ISN'T IT ALWAYS "IN THE NAME OF GOD"? OR  'gods'?

AS LONG AS THIS IS THE CASE, AND IT IS THE CASE TODAY, THAT RELIGIONS COLLIDE, WHAT MAY WE EXPECT BUT WARS?

WELL, MY FRIENDS, WHEN THE CRY OF "WORLD PEACE" GOES UP, I ADMIT I SHUDDER...
PEACE, PEACE...THEN WHAT?

HOW MANY WILL HAVE DIED FOR "PEACE"?

HOW MANY WILL HAVE DIED TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE COMING OF THEIR PERSONAL MESSIAH?

HOW MANY MORE WILL DIE?
  



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Further reading...

~Search for any word in various translations of the Qur'an <HERE>.

UNDERSTAND THAT NO TRANSLATION FROM THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN CAN BE OR IS ACCEPTABLE.
ONE MUST LEARN TO SPEAK AND PRAY AND READ IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE QUR'AN.

THE FOLLOWING TWO LINKS ARE TO WEBSITES THAT SEEM TO OFFER "VALID" ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON ISLAM, BUT, AGAIN, REMEMBER CLINTON AND THE DEFINITION OF "IS"...

~ https://www.alislam.org/

~ http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/