A political analyst says an Israeli military offensive against Iran is ?madness?...

Two-thirds of a billion Muslims expect
the Mahdi ? the last Islamic imam
they believe will come and rule the
world ? to arrive in their lifetimes,
according to a new Pew Research poll.
...

The results affirm the warnings from
author Joel Richardson, whose just-
released book ?Mideast Beast? it
moving up Amazon listings.
It?s a sequel to his New York Times
bestselling 2009 ?The Islamic
Antichrist,? and it recently surged past
Joel Rosenberg?s ?Implosion: Can
America Recover from its Economic
and Spiritual Challenges in Time?? and
?The End: A Complete Overview of
Bible Prophecy and the End of Days?
by Mark Hitchcock to claim the top
spot in the Eschatology category on
Amazon.
In a column written in WND ,
Richardson notes that he has been
criticized repeatedly for believing
many Muslims have a faith in the
coming Mahdi, especially that there
are a significant number who believe
that will happen soon.
The survey by Pew Research notes
that in the Middle East, North Africa,
South Asia and Southeast Asia, ?half
or more Muslims believe they will live
to see the return of the Mahdi. This
expectation is most widespread in
Afghanistan (83 percent), Iraq (72
percent), Tunisia (67 percent) and
Malaysia (62 percent).
The survey said that belief drops to
about four-in-10 across Central Asia,
except for Turkey, where 68 percent
expect to witness his return. It drops
slightly further across southern and
eastern Europe.
?In some countries with sizable Sunni
and Shi?a populations, views on the
Mahdi?s return differ by sect. In Iraq,
for example, Shi?as are more likely
than Sunnis to expect the Mahdi to
return in their lifetime, by an 88
percent to 55 percent margin. In
Azerbaijan, the difference between
the two groups is also large (25
percentage points),? the report said.
?Differences between Shi?as and
Sunnis on this issue may reflect the
more central role that the Mahdi?s
return plays in Shi?a Islam.?
The result? An estimated 672 million
Muslims expect to witness the Mahdi?s
return.

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