Messianic Movements

By: Dr. Jasim Husain

How do we look at the trends and individuals who alleged that they maintained direct contact with the 12th Imam al-Mahdi in form of direct representation or acting to preparing his way?
1. Why did we raise this question in this critical period?...

  Christian Zionist Messianism: How It Views Islam and Muslims

By : Dr. Yoginder Sikand

Represented by literally hundreds of small denominations and churches today, particularly in America, evangelical Christian Zionist messianism is today a formidable force and a major actor in global politics. It exercises an enormous clout in the ...

  Humanitarian rights in the time of appearance of the Mahdi (Pbuh) or world promised Saviour.

By : Clara López de Letona

The promised Messiah or Saviour will rule the world with justice and equality for all humanity. Nobody will suffer of hunger or will be oppressed by others. He will avoid tyranny, and his appearance will mean the end of the corruption of ...

  Belial, Antichrist, and Dajjal: Personification of Lawlessness in Abrahamic Eschatology; Signs to the Rightly Guided World

By: HR Wright

Introduction
The concept of eschatology (doctrine of the last things) as found in the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam addresses the final destiny of the world - the initiation of Divine governance. Typically, each particular tradition ...

  Mahdism and Humans Rights

By: Elizabeth Younes

“Oh you men! Surely we have created you of a male and female, and you tribes and families so that you may know each other; surely the most honourable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is Knowing.” ...

  The Doctrine of Mahdism. Tradition and Modernity – Man’s relation with Nature. An Anthropological approach, a pathway out of clash and conflict

By: Valeria Piacentini Fiorani

Islam - with its own concrete culture and reality – can no longer be disregarded. It does represent a pivotal moment. No doubt, it is a key-factor on the stage of history. The sentence “the world is a global village” is a well-...

  The Governance of Imam Mahdi (pbuh) and Contemporary Models of Governments: A Comparative Analysis

By: Fatima Kanji Chagpar

Introduction
The modern world we live in today is changing is many ways. One of the areas in academia that has been constantly evolving is the area of governance, beginning with the thinking of Plato and Aristotle to contemporary approaches ...