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al-Mahdi is "the rightly-guided one" who, according to Islamic Hadiths (traditions), will come before the end of time to make the entire world Muslim.  Over the last 1400 years numerous claimants to the mantle of the Mahdi have arisen in both Shi`i and Sunni circles.  Modern belief in the coming of the Mahdi has manifested most famously in the 1979 al-`Utaybi uprising of Sa`udi Arabia, and more recently in the ongoing Mahdist movements (some violent) in Iraq, as well as in the frequently-expressed public prayers of former Iranian President Ahmadinezhad bidding the Mahdi to return and, in the larger Sunni Islamic world, by claims that Usamah bin Ladin might be the (occulted) Mahdi.  Now in 2014 Mahdism is active in Syria, as the jihadist opposition group Jabhat al-Nusra claims to be fighting to prepare the way for his coming; and in the new "Islamic State/caliphate" spanning Syrian and Iraqi territory, as its leadership promotes the upcoming apocalyptic battle with the West at Dabiq, Syria.  This site will track such Mahdi-related movements, aspirations, propaganda and beliefs in both Sunni and Shi`i milieus, as well as other  Muslim eschatological yearnings.
For a primer on Mahdism, see my 2005 article, "What's Worse than Violent Jihadists?," at the History News Network: http://hnn.us/articles/13146.html; for more in-depth info, see the links here to my other writings, including my book on Mahdism.

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Sunday, July 16, 2017

This Is The End of Mahdiwatch--but I Have A New Website!

Followers of "Mahdiwatch.org:"

I've had this website for almost 11 years, but as you've probably noticed I've been blogging less and less in the last year or so.  Partly this is because I've resumed college teaching; but also because I've been busy writing books AND because I have many interests other than Islamic eschatology, and have been loathe to include musings about those on this site. 

Therefore, on advice of counsel (who is also my wife), I've got a new website and blog: https://occidentaljihadist.com/

That blog will cover not just Islamic End Time beliefs, but also, as I put it there, "culture and geopolitics."

Mahdiwatch will remain up for several more weeks, then be terminated with extreme prejuedice.

Thanks to those of you who have followed this site for years.

By the way: many of the writings on this site  can be found in my books Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate and Ten Years' Captivation with the Mahdi's Camps.  These (and my other two books) are available at my Amazon author page.

Thanks again.  And head on over to "The Occidental Jihadist!"  

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Jamkaran Mosque near Qom, Iran (during my trip there Aug. 2008)

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