Some 18 months ago I wrote a long article on Syria's Alawi sect and its at-best troubled relationship with Sunni Islam--thus I find it rather amusing that the mainstream media (and not a few "expert" analysts) are patting themselves on the back for suddenly discovering that Alawism is a pseudo-Shi`i offshoot, and that the rule of such heterodox sect might make for problems in a country that is over 70% Sunni.  Here's my piece, "Divide and Confound--or Divide and Empower? The Opportunities and Dangers of Strategic PSYOP against the Alawi Rulers of Syria:" http://hnn.us/articles/119266.html

Herewith a mash-up of several eschatologically-minded stories from the Islamic world:
1) An Indonesian Muslim thinks he is the Mahdi with "power to reposition the moon, sun and stars:" http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/8/nation/8854262&sec=nation
2) Usama bin Ladin resurfaced last week--in a piece of British toast: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392994/Terror-toaster-Osama-Bin-Laden-worst-thing-sliced-bread-pops-piece-TOAST.html
How very boring and Euro-centric of UBL.  At least God, when He manifested on "The Simpsons," told Homer He was off to "appear in a tortilla in Mexico:" http://www.hulu.com/watch/22109/the-simpsons-homer-talks-to-god
3) Move over, Harold Camping.  According to the most recent End Time prognostication over at Mahdunite, the Mahdi will return on Friday, July 28, 2023 at 2:45 PM on the roof of the Ka`bah in Mecca and, simultaneously, Jesus will reappear in Damascus: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MahdiUnite/message/23156
Other than this being exactly a 100 years after the official dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the declaration of the Turkish Republic, I don't know why this date (1445 A.H.) should hold any special significance for Muslims. 
But I guess it depends which side of the eschatological toast your butter is on.  In Bin Ladin's case, I believe the Navy SEALS added quite a bit of raspberry jam--right up there near the top....And, as the SEALs are reported to have said upon storming the Abottabad compound, paraphrasing Dr. Peter Venkman from "Ghostbusters:" "this dude is toast!"