{"id":3969,"date":"2011-05-14T04:46:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T04:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2011-05-14T05:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T05:02:41","slug":"an-end-timely-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=3969","title":{"rendered":"An end-timely reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

I spend a fair amount of effort as you know, trying to monitor the various forms of end-times religion<\/strong> manifesting in the Abrahamic faiths<\/strong>, so it came as a shock to me to find a seam of material on Sunni Mahdism<\/strong> that I hadn’t previously run across, now a year old, from over on my old side of the pond<\/strong> of all places…<\/p>\n

Look what happens to London<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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And if that isn’t graphic enough for you — and it really isn’t very graphic — look at what happens to New York<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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The End of Time… A New Beginning…<\/strong><\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

The first image comes from a poster for a tour of Ireland<\/strong> in October of last year — though why the good people of Ireland should be so worried if London is consumed in sulphurous fog and flame is a little hard for me to understand — while the second graphic advertises a conference in London — though why the good people of London should be so concerned if the city of New York… no, I won’t go there, there’s the Special Relationship<\/strong>, isn’t there?\u00a0 Is there?<\/p>\n

I missed both events, alas, living quietly here in the United States, or I might have heard, in Ireland:<\/p>\n

a clear description about life in the grave, the trials of the last day, the major and minor signs leading to the last hour and the day of resurrection including Imam Mahdi, The Dajjal and many more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I could have taken notes, and published them here on Zenpundit<\/strong>. After all, as the advertisements advertised:<\/p>\n

On the Day of Judgment those who pass the test will be rewarded with Paradise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cliff’s Notes for Judgement Day<\/strong> — a sure best seller!<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Not to worry, I can still study up on the January 2009 London conference, at which Anwar al-Awlaki<\/strong> reportedly hosted a live video question-and-answer session<\/a>, presumably beaming in from Yemen — even though tickets are no longer available<\/a>…<\/p>\n

If I can just get hold of the DVDs…<\/p>\n

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Sadly, though, they’re out of stock<\/a>…<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Okay seriously now — three points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is associated with al-Awlaki<\/strong>.\u00a0 This has slick PR<\/strong>, intercontinental video feeds, and DVDs.\u00a0 And this is Sunni Mahdism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Check?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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