by Sheikh Imran Hosein
inhosein@hotmail.com
www.imranhosein.org
May peace and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad – despite the filth that a corrupt and decadent civilization of Gog and Magog has been consistently throwing at him all through its barbaric and blood-stained history. He is indeed a true Prophet of the God of Abraham, and Islamic eschatology allows us to anticipate that it will not be long before the historical process delivers a spectacular validation of Islam’s claim to ‘truth’. It is the same ‘truth’ in Islam that came with Moses and with Jesus (peace be upon them both), and that one ‘truth’ rejects, among so many other things, the marriage of a man with another man that the corrupt and decadent civilization of Gog and Magog now validates.
Prophet Muhammad prophesied an End-time in which “there would be great liars – so beware!”
Muslims are not the only people who have recognized the fulfillment of the above ominous prophecy in CIA/Mossad false-flag terrorism all the way up to Charlie 9/11 Hebdo. We know for certain there is more to come – since that is their modus operandi. The CIA/Mossad are assisted by a not-so-concealed network of hidden hands within the British, French, Australian, Saudi, Pakistani and other Intelligence Agencies. The acts of false-flag terrorism, and the mountain of orchestrated lies that support them, are all designed to advance Israel’s long-term agenda of replacing Pax Britanica and Pax Americana with a Pax Judaica (see my books entitled Jerusalem in the Qur’ān and An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World).
Response to 9/11 and response to Charlie Hebdo
I was present in New York, as the Director of Islamic Studies for the Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations of Greater New York, when the 9/11 terrorist attack on America took place. I responded four days later, on Saturday September 15th 2001, with a public lecture before a large gathering of Muslims at an Islamic Center in Queens, New York. At the end of my lecture, I invited all those present to join with me in praying to the God of Abraham to curse with an eternal curse, and to punish with a punishment that would be eternally inflicted, all those who were responsible for planning and executing that 9/11 act of terrorism. I was proud and happy when all those present in the Islamic Center joined with me in that prayer, with no one abstaining. Having made that prayer, I then invited the Zionist Jews and their Rabbis who were mysteriously away from the WTC buildings on that fateful day, to do likewise. It is almost 14 years since I so invited them, and it should be obvious to readers why they can never make the prayer that we Muslims made.
I now invite the Jewish supporters of the State of Israel, as well as their Christian allies, to publicly pray to the God of Abraham to curse with an eternal curse, and to punish with eternal punishment, all those who were in any way responsible for planning and executing this Charlie Hebdo terrorism in France. Let us warn those who charge innocent Muslims for Charlie 9/11 Hebdo that they will face the consequences of their false accusation in their graves. They must know that Charlie 9/11 Hebdo is part of an unjust war on Islam and innocent Muslims that is supported by a mountain of lies that are more dangerous than a standing army. However, the universe is a moral order – and truth must always eventually prevail over their bogus ISIS, their lies, deception and oppression; it is only a matter of time.
It is important for our gentle readers to know that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) prophesied a great End-time war called the Malhama. It is known in Christian and Jewish eschatology as Armageddon. The Prophet prophesied that the city of Constantinople would be conquered after the Malhama, and this prophecy allows us to recognize that Russia will survive that war with sufficient military capacity intact with which to wage naval warfare. The world can now understand why the Zionist-installed Young Turk government of a secular Republic of Turkey, chose to not only change the most commonly-used name of that city, but to also mysteriously prohibit (a legal prohibition in Turkey) any use of the name ‘Constantinople’.
When I spoke on Islamic eschatology at the State University of Moscow in 2013, I found my Russian audience delighted to learn that our two eschatologies, Christian and Islamic, had similar beliefs on the subjects of the Great War and the Conquest of Constantinople. They were delighted to hear from an Islamic scholar, that when the city of Constantinople is conquered, not only would the name of the city be restored to Constantinople (which is the name used by the Prophet), but that the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia which, from the date of its construction in 537 until 1453, served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and as the seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, would be returned to the Orthodox Christians with a sincere Muslim apology for the monstrously wicked and sinful Ottoman conversion of an orthodox Christian cathedral to a Masjid.
It is now absolutely certain that Russia’s recent success in recovering its territory of Crimea will lead to an intensification of false-flag Charlie 9/11 Hebdo terrorism designed to justify, as well as facilitate, the launch of a global nuclear war against Russia, China and Pakistan in particular, as well as Arabs and Muslims in general. I expect that nuclear war to take place within the next year or two, but I hope that I am wrong. Europeans and North Americans are likely to suffer most directly from such a nuclear war which would not only be the first, but also the last of its kind in history. The Qur’ān is clear that many others will also perish:
“And [bear in mind:] there is no town/city which We will not destroy before the Last Day, or punish with terrible punishment: all this is laid down in Our decree” (Qur’ān, al-Isra, 17:58)
One of the Signs of the Last Day in Islamic prophecy is Dukhan (i.e., ‘smoke’) which will be plainly visible in the sky:
“Wait, then, for that Day when the skies shall bring forth a pall of smoke which will be clearly visible“. (Qur’ān, al-Dukhān, 44:10)
Europeans and North Americans are likely to have a first view of the mushroom clouds from nuclear explosions which would fulfill that End-time prophecy of ‘smoke’. Those who choose to ignore the warning, and to continue to reside in Paris and other big cities of the modern world, would either perish instantly in the war, or perish less instantly in the anarchy that would follow the war as the frantic search for food and water turns violent. The rest of us should flee to the remote countryside and not only stock-up on food, water and other vital supplies, but also acquire survival skills.
Why must history end this terrible way? Why are the Zionists so obsessed with attacking nuclear Russia? Many may not know the answers to these questions, but they should at least know that orthodox Christian Russia – where men cannot marry men – will never bend its knee in submission to those who pursue their decadent messianic agenda with wickedness, lies, injustice and oppression.
A bit off the topic, but very relevant. Eritrea is a country with mixed ethnic population, and it appears to be on the right path. Its president grasped a bitter lesson of foreign “aid” and is rejecting it. It is very close to a neuralgic point at Bab-El-Mandeb so it may need extra care not to be involved in Yemen conflict.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-ngos-kicked-out-of-eritrea-foreign-aid-is-meant-to-cripple-people/5441367
Regards, Spiral
Spiral,here is an excellent video about Eritrea made by Iranian Press tv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YqRvevtV4&spfreload=10
These other two are a bit OT but strongly related to the issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgK62_z26tI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxmwRlP4jKo
First of, let me commend Mr. Hossein in his skill as an orator, his charisma, his intelligence and some excellent questions that he draws our attention to in his above article.
However when it comes to his praise and apologies to orthodox Christianity, I find myself thinking: “Here we go with again with more kissing up to Russia by Mr Hoasein.” I get the impression (over the years) that he offers unreserved apologies to the Orthodox Christians (really aimed at Russians) because Russia is strong, a serious nuclear power and the only ‘apparent’ serious opposition to the West (who also happen to be, according to Mr Hosein, the main actors that are crippling and soaking Muslims lands). Having observed Mr. Hossein’s lectures in years past, that’s the impression one gets again and again. Islamic countries are weak, they need strong allies, the only country, currently, that has any chance or motivation to stand up to the West is Russia, ergo, let’s cosy-up to Russia and try to forge an alliance with them to drive the West from Muslim lands.
If Mr. Hossein’s position were based on morality, then he should be equally outraged by the atrocity committed by Islamic Mongol-Turk invaders on the Hindus and Buddhists of India. They, the Hindus and Buddhists, too had their temples commandeered, destroyed, and masjids built over them (along with their ‘Icons’ buried under the steps of these masjids or mosques – so as to dishonor them everytime someone entered or left the Masjid or Mosque). He should offer an apology to the Hindus and Buddhists too atrocities for atrocities meted out to them that were very similar to those meted on Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. But I have not heard such an apology or even an acknowledgment. Why is that? Is it because mr. hossein doesn’t perceive the Indian State, in its current disorganized and under-developed state, as not being useful enough to the Islamic cause? Or perhaps I’m wrong and Mr. Hossein has offered condolences and acknowledgment for these atrocities committed in the name of Islam by people who were even more cruel and more savage than the Ottomans (such as Tamerlane, Aurengzeb, Mahmud of Gazni, etc. etc. – it’s a pretty long list of these religiously sanctioned Murderers that proudly built mountains of skulls of the people they mass-murdered and pillaged in India and Afghanistan – in the name of Islam.) Since Mr. Hossein is himself of Indian descent, this omission is doubly strange (as he would be aware of these crimes committed in the name of Islam).
If I am wrong, and Mr. Hossein has acknowledge and condemned these atrocities committed, in the name of Islam, against the Hindus and Buddhists, then I’d apologize in advance, but I, to date, I haven’t seen any evidence of this.
‘consist’….why don’t you listen to the video Saker put on this blog of his questions to Imran Hosein a couple of days ago ? Some of your questions, which actually don’t seem as much like questions as accusations…would get an answer there.
Also, IMHO if you’re going to challenge a peaceful and dignified, and very popular scholar, first get the spelling of his name right…and secondly don’t degrade your own attack by using slang…’kissing up’… it doesn’t improve the weight of your accusations. It lessens them.
Ann you’re entitled to your opinions but they remain just that – opinions. And unsubstantiated ones at that.
It is quite amazing to see you make judgements on my points above, when you have admitted, in other comments, that you don’t know what the Hadith is, what is the difference between the Koran and other Islamic terms. You’ve clearly admitted to have nearly no knowledge of Islam or Islamic history. You also have not followed Sheikh Hossein for years like I have, you’ve just being introduced to this man in a couple of videos. And from that you can make a judgment that he’s a wonderful guy? You don’t even know him nor are familiar with his arguments (by your own admission).
You want a clear indication that he’s kissing up to Russian Power? Ask him to criticize Orthodox Christianity or Russia for excesses commited against Muslims by the aforementioned. He won’t do it. Even though said excesses committed by the Russian Empire and Orthodox forces are well documented.
I presume that you are a Hindu. You must understand that Hindus do not believe in the God of Abraham and worship millions of human made gods and such there could not be any sort of partnership with monotheists. India is a lackey of United States and Israel. Hindus Kings brought about the Islamic invasion of India due to their attacking and plundering of Muslim pilgrims.
“… and worship millions of human made gods and such there could not be any sort of partnership with monotheists…” — it’s more correct to say “and worship the Creator in thousands of human made forms, but essentially with a three-part nature similar to the Christian trinity model — and as such, there is a special challenge for any sort of partnership with fundamentalist monotheists”.
When one understands the purpose of religion (as an anthropological system) then one is less concerned with any specific form it may take to perform its function within a culture and more focused on the outcomes it produces in the human individuals that emerge with wisdom, dignity, ethics and compassion etc. Socrates lived in a Pagan Greek society with as many ‘gods’ as India (and many probably derived from there — e.g., Poseidon = Shiva). Does that diminish his philosophy and relevance to a modern ‘considered’ life? I don’t think so.
@Stephan
You presume wrong, how arrogant of you. I’m an orthodox Christian.
You ignorance about the Hindu is stunning, insulting and bigoted beyond limits. As a Christian it embarrasses me. It reminds me of the kind double speak of Ukranian nationalists and bandera types that try to demonize the victim and justify the victimizers. Such as when you make up falsehoods that Hindus attacked the Muslims, a complete falsehood. What’s next? Are you going to tell us that Russia launched a sneak attack on Nazi Germany and then proceeded to put Germans in concentration camps?
Your very supposition attempts to dehumanize Hindus as subhuman idolators who are “not worthy” of consideration like “us” people of the book. Also your pathetic regurgitation of the Western canard that Hindus are not monotheistic and have millions of gods is laughably false. The Hindus have many terms for the One Supreme God, each trying to define an aspect of an Infinite Being: Ishvar – Universal Controller, Brahman – The All-Prevading-Godhead, Paramatma – God, the SuperSpirit / Holy-Spirit / Super Soul, etc., etc, All these terms predate Judaism or Zoroasterism.
1. I have condemned again and again those who, in the name of Islam, waged unjust wars on Hindu/Buddhist India. I also condemn the present Pakistani drums beating for an End-time reconquest of Hindu India.
2. It is not on the basis of expediency, but rather on the solid foundations of Islamic eschatology that I am pursuing an effort to facilitate the establishment of a Divinely-ordained Muslim-Orthodox Christian End-time alliance.
Imran N. Hosein
Thank you for that personal clarification…saved much time googling.
Mashallah ,
RR
ConsistencyPlease
Sheikh Imran Hosein also didn’t mention the “Elm Decline”. You could have put many words into his mouth about that in troll, as well. Why didn’t you?
In the interests of full disclosure I am a Muslim.
The Noble Sheikh has already given you his reply. But allow me to apologize for those Muslim leaders & armies that oppressed the Peoples of Hindustan. However not all of the Muslim leaders and armies were oppressive.
I am one of those who is from the land of the Indus. Indeed many of my ancestors were Buddhists and Hindus centuries ago.
I think it would be difficult for Muslims to have an End time alliance with Bharat in the same sense like with Christians. Firstly the religions are quite different and secondly and most importantly the current regime in charge in New Dehli is not so friendly to Muslims who live in the Land of “Mother Bharat”. (By this term I mean from Afghanistan to Burma). Although they are very friendly with Imposter Israel!
Of course this does not preclude those individual Hindus who are friendly towards Muslims. However as a civilization I just cannot see an alliance happening.
I have a profound respect for Sheikh Imran Hosein and I highly value his analysis.
I have a question about the survival capacity of human beings after a nuclear war. If it were to happen, it seems to me that the human specie would be destroyed. I do not see how human beings could survive a highly radioactive world. In this case, Russia would not be able to survive and would not have military capacity.
Fukushima is currently killing live on half the planet. Look at what happens to the Japanese people living near the prefecture and all the animals dying on the West coast of North America. And this is just the beginning… Giving that nuclear power plants need a constant supply of energy to keep them from melting, how many potential Fukushima do we have in the world?
In my view if the Armageddon happens as described, it will be terminal. This may not sound very optimistic, but if one sees spiritual live as the alternative, what happens to this world means very little.
That’s ridiculous. [ deleted ]
Fayez, why do you think its ridiculous ?
OT?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/08/us-usa-japan-carter-idUSKBN0MZ02V20150408
U.S. Defense chief in Japan to show alliance strong amid China worries
>Carter’s visit coincides with the first update in U.S.-Japan defense cooperation guidelines since 1997, a revision that will expand the scope for interaction between the two allies in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to ease the constraints of Japan’s pacifist constitution on the nation’s military.
In a written interview with Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper published on Wednesday, Carter expressed concern about China’s land reclamation in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
“We are concerned by the scope and pace of China’s land reclamation activities, which are inconsistent with China’s own past commitments to ASEAN countries,” the newspaper quoted Carter as saying.<
Carter hoping for the revival of imperialist Japan?
Peter, no, I’d guess it’s just the US looking for more proxy warriors.
OT Sorry so much off-topic, but I think this is the most important happening since Putin’s “state of the union” address.
4/7/15 http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/04/putin-wages-quiet-revolution-during-his.html Putin instructed the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to develop a plan of financing the construction of power plants in Crimea. Quoting Minister of Energy, Novak:
“The Central Bank in this case helps us execute a financial transaction in order to provide liquidity to the creditor bank… There is a request to the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance to develop and present a financing plan … subject to the payment of interest on loans, this is around 80 billion rubles”
According to the [colonizing – KR] constitution [from the 1990’s – KR], Putin (or Medvedev) has no right to give instructions to the Central Bank. Our Central Bank is independent, but it turns out that not anymore. If the president’s order will be fulfilled as stated by Novak (the Central Bank gives money to the bank, the bank gives money to the Russian company for the construction of power plants in Crimea), then we get, what patriots of all stripes had long demanded: the Central Bank begins to finance the economic development of the country with its emission. This is a revolution. A quiet revolution.
My God,
Penelope, if what you’ve reprinted is true, this is huge. The central bank taking direct orders from the executive branch to fund the “Real” economy, not the parasitical wealth-siphoning financial services “industry” (aka the banking ponzi scheme) that’s quietly robbing/colonizing most of the world.
I sure hope the original report is accurate.
I noticed it earlier and thought it important but very few mentioned or seemed to notice.
Another article here that I just run onto. I believe the financial side of the current “war” is perhaps more important than the hot war that is happening here and there.
http://www.sott.net/article/294919-Triggers-are-China-and-Russia-getting-ready-to-pull-them
This is the comment at the end of the article that sums it up.
The author of this article lays out the various actions taken by China and Russia in reaction to the United States’ attempt to encircle them and push toward total world domination. Perhaps the reason China and Russia have not pulled any triggers is in part to put preparations in place, yet if they have a knowledge of psychopathology they can probably see how dangerous the United States has become with individuals without a conscience in charge and calling the shots. If the United States is cornered and still functional to a degree, then with psychopaths in charge it may react with an all out push toward war or some other undesirable reaction Russia and China might hope to avoid while still working to take power away from the United States and the rest of the West. Whatever the future may hold, world changing events at the geopolitical stage, much like earth and weather changes, are happening at a faster rate and we probably do not have long to wait to see some kind of resolution.
This does one thing and doesn’t do another. On the one hand, it’s Putin’s style all over, to alllow criminals (the central bank) to ply their trade, so long as they will respect their limits of power and defer to government as the ultimate national leader. This is good.
On the other hand, it doesn’t address the core issue that nags at many people, which is the creation of currency through the issuance of debt, and furthermore done by banks that are in the end, no matter their sovereign-sounding titles, privately owned.
I have always said, one step at a time. To think of overthrowing the bankers and their signature scam – which is to say, their creation of the nation’s money supply – is to think a long way down the road. Many immediate problems to solve yet to make this world safe for honest industry and earned capital.
Time enough in plenty to be carrying the ultimate fight against the moneylenders, the banker families. If indeed that time should ever come. It’s possible too that evil is granted equal tenure in this world for as long as we inhabit it.
Yes, why do they want this ? Is the Sheikh predicting nuclear war without chance of us stopping it first ?
I’m surprised that not many comments on the Sheikh’s address. Is this address written for us ? And we don’t have the politeness to respond ?
Sheikh, I don’t know the proper way to address you except by that, but I would like to thank you for your work in eschatology. I find it very interesting.
There is one thing that I would like to say about your video the other night. I think Zoroastrianism is a great religion too. That its pagan I don’t disagree, but its a very high religion in my understanding. Do the Arabs of Islam not think so ?
In 2003 I was in Iran for a week or three and visited a temple dedicated to Zoroastrianism. This religion is well respected in Iran and doesn’t have to endure ridicule or worse.
The Armenian people living in Iran can also freely practice their Christianity.
Sheikh Imran Hosein, the “pioneer of the branch of knowledge known as Islamic Eschatology”, as he describe himself, is less original than he would us believe. Just picking randomly from the plethora of Islamic propaganda sites we are told that:
“Islam has produced many prophecies concerning the end of this cycle of civilization. Some of them obviously derive from Biblical sources, while others are quite original and intriguing warnings of Fitnah (Tribulation) and Qiyamah (Judgment Day)”. All are attributed to the Prophet.
About the Malhama:
Hadith of the Prophet — Allah bless and greet him and his Family:
“Lataftahanna al-Qustantiniyya wa lani`ma al-amiru amiruha wa lani`ma
al-jayshu dhalika al-jaysh.” (“Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her
leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!”).
2- The truce and joint Christian-Muslim campaign against a common enemy — this is referred to as the “Battle Between the Two Great Armies” or Armageddon (at the conclusion of which all war technology shall become unusable) — followed by a non-Muslim vs. Muslim war — this is called the “Great Slaughter” (al-malhama al-kubra) — as stated in the following hadith:
“You will make a firm truce with the al-Rum until you and they wage a campaign against an enemy that is attacking them. You will be granted victory and great spoils. Then you will alight in a plain surrounded by hills. There, someone among the Christians shall say: ‘The Cross has overcome!’ whereupon someone among the Muslims shall say: ‘Nay, Allah has overcome!’ and shall go and break the cross. The Christians shall kill him, then the Muslims shall take up their arms and the two sides shall fall upon each other. Allah shall grant martyrdom to that group of Muslims. After that the Christians shall say to their leader: ‘We shall relieve you of the Arabs,’ and they shall gather up for the great battle (al-malhama). They shall come to you under eighty flags, each flag gathering 12,000 troops.” [= approx. 1 million]
Narrated with sound chains from Dhu Mikhbar al-Najashi by Abu Dawud, Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Ibn Hibban, and al-Hakim who declared it sahih and al-Dhahabi concurred. See Shaykh Shu`ayb Arna’ut’s documentation of this hadith in his edition of Sahih Ibn Hibban (15:101-103 #6708-6709).
3- The Muslims shall pledge their loyalty to the Prophet’s descendent Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah al-Mahdi between the Corner of the Black Stone and Ibrahim’s station, against his will. He shall then come to Madina. At that time the Anti-Christ (al-Masih al-Dajjal) shall come out.
4- The non-Muslim army shall be the aggressor, and they will come to a place called al-A`maq or Dabiq in al-Sham as stated in Sahih Muslim. During that time a large number of the non-Muslims shall defect and enter Islam.
5- Between the time of the initial non-Muslim treachery and their coming out to Dabiq, the Prophet said — Allah bless and greet him — that nine months will elapse, during which the Mahdi will wage two campaigns initiated by the Dajjal, one against the Arabs that shall not recognize him, and one against the Persians of Khurasan i.e. Iran that shall not recognize him. Both campaigns are mentioned in Sahih Muslim. Included in the former group will be all the so-called followers of “Qur’an-only” who will reject the Mahdi on the pretext that he is not mentioned in the Qur’an. Among the latter group will be all the so-called lovers of Ahl al-Bayt who will reject the Mahdi on the pretext that he is not their disappeared twelfth Imam, al-`Askari, whose reappearance they presently await.
6- Al-Mahdi will come out of Madina at the head of a huge army to face al-Dajjal and the Christians for the Great Slaughter. This shall take place in Sham.
7- The Mahdi will find himself surrounded by the armies of the Dajjal. `Isa shall descend, lead the Muslim armies out, and kill the Dajjal. The rest of the Muslim campaigns shall remove all trace of unbelief from the face of the earth.
8- At this time Constantinople shall be taken by peaceful means. The army that will conquer it shall consist in seventy thousand of the Banu Ishaq i.e. Western Muslims and their sole weapons will be Shahada and Takbir as stated in Sahih Muslim. This is the event referred to in the hadith we cited initially.
9- The Mahdi shall defeat the following in rapid succession: the last third of the non-Muslims from people of the Book (two thirds having perished at Armageddon); the “Turks” — also called “Khawz and Kirman” in the hadith — whose features in the hadith are applicable to both Central and Far-Eastern Asians; Gog and Magog.
http://www.sunnah.org/msaec/articles/Constantinople.htm
Now, what the science of Islamic eschatology has to say about Jesus Christ?
“Then Allah will send Isa from Heaven and he will be brought by two angels to the roof of the Ka’bah [or: on Amasjid in Dasmascus, Syria]. He will descend during the Fajr prayer. When the people see Isa on top of the Ka’bah they will bring ladders to help him down. After which Isa with other Moslems will declare war on Dajjal and ultimately slay him and break the cross. Isa will convert the whole world to Islam and rule by the principles of Qur’anic Law for 40 years. Then he will pass away and be buried next to the grave of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).” ” Isa will “break the cross” and “kill the swine”, and then (this is priceless) “Isa will marry, have children, and live thus for another 19 years (40 years total)”.
And who are Yajuj and Majuj/Gog and Magog? According to all end time “prophecies”, the…Russians! and the Chinese!
And “After Dajjal and Yajuj and Majuj have passed away, the entire world will believe in Islam and praise Allah”.
So the Malhama entails the slaughter of all Christians, who don’t “defect and enter Islam”.
But anyhow, all speculations about the end of time are idle phantasies. What the real Jesus told us about was:
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only… But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants[d] and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Mathew 24).
WizOz I don’t get your point. Sheikh Hosein never said that he invented what Islam has to say about the end times. He is a pioneer of the study of what Islam says about the end times. There is a world of difference there.
You burn the straw man. What I said was not that he “invented” anything, but that he is not really a pioneer in that field of study. Blathering about end times was a pass time of generations of “savants”, Islamic or otherwise.
“Blathering” about end times is not the same as the study of those blatherings. Many speak, write and speculate about the end times. Only a few study those speeches, writings and speculations. Take your comment, its a recitation of what various traditions say or speculate about the end times. This is useful and at some rudimentary level such recitation may be considered scholarly “study”. But I doubt that the good Sheikh was referring to that level. Anyway just an observation.
80 flags? — one Peacock leader here: https://offguardian.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/breedlove-flags1.jpg
The real Jesus? Gods?
I find it easier to respect good people no matter their religion. Prophesies reading the future I don’t believe in to an extent.
I suspect a lot of prophesies are based on a very deep understanding of human nature.
A sound position to take, imo. It’s a study in anthropology and many statements and descriptions of ‘end times’ express desires and fears and anxieties. Norman Cohn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_the_Millennium ) is a good source for such during the European Middle Ages. Probably one of the best descriptions of the probable future in many places influenced by the Semitic tales (i.e., not the billions of Indians or Chinese etc).
However, it is interesting interpreting these old statements into new contexts to change the emotional meanings while not entirely dismissing them as valid insights (derived by whatever means and for whatever purpose).
For example, consider this (below) in its raw emotive/psychic context. Then reconsider it within a pragmatic down-to-earth future scenario (well, almost present) world of 9-10 billion humans living around 2050 c.e. seeking a good middle class existence together with the word descriptors “Zoo” and “animal sanctuary”:
“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on my entire holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. (Isaiah 11:6-9)” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology
All “end of times” stories stem from the Jewish messianic millenarian cult, from their dreams of restoration of the Judean Kingdom and the Temple and of dominion over the Gentiles in a future Utopia (the Kingdom of God on earth), which infected all religions around (including segments of Christendom). Jesus said: “My Kingdom is not of this world”, that’s why He was rejected.
Dear WizOz,
I hope you’re well..just want to let you know that there are thousands of fake Hadiths out there. There are some ridiculous so called Hadiths that have been deliberately created to distort the teachings of the Prophet by falsely attributing things to him.
So, its very dangerous to only look at Hadiths, especially without knowledge of the Quran, as the ultimate test of a Hadith’s accuracy is by referencing it back to what the Quran says.
To illustrate my point, the cia/mossad’s takfiri/wahabi terrorist brigades plauging the middle east also quote various so called “hadiths” when they commit their horrific and barbaric terror crimes.
Fake hadiths are like false flags and there is a whole lot of them
thanks, Tarek
@Tarek,
Do you mean that the hadiths quoted are fake?
They were taken from the:
“Sahih Muslim is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi (rahimahullah). His collection is considered to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet (), and along with Sahih al-Bukhari forms the “Sahihain,” or the “Two Sahihs.” It contains roughly 7500 hadith (with repetitions) in 57 books.”
But I do not contend that they are fake. I would even say that all are fake. What I think would help to alleviate Christians suspicions, is an official declaration that they are fake, which so far is not forthcoming. And also a declaration that all passages offensive to Christians would be removed from the Quran.
You really have to watch or listen to Sheikh Hosein’s lectures and talks on Youtube to get the whole picture. He has very interesting and convincing views on the relationship between Islam, western Christianity and orthodox Christianity.
On the question of whether we are living in the end times, I don’t know. As far as I can tell from history, people generally tend to think that their age is the end times. On the other hand I came to the conclusion around 2012 that the US would use nuclear weapons against some country within the next 10 years i.e by 2022. I still believe that. Why? because the geostrategic primacy, and therefore the economic primacy of the US is under severe threat. This threat come first from the rise of China and second from the independence and sovereignty of a resurgent Russia.
The rise of Russia does not in and of itself threaten the US. The problem for the US is that it is impossible to establish an economic stranglehold on China so long as Russia does not cooperate. And it is not in the national interests of Russia to cooperate in the strangulation of China. Therefore Russia must be made to submit to the will of the US.
Which brings us to the nuclear attack. I really don’t believe that the US will launch a full nuclear attack on Russia. The US simply does not attack countries that have the capability (in its view) to fight back. I think it more likely that the US will try to bully Russia into submission by attacking a weak Russian ally with nuclear weapons. This might be bunkerbusters or worse used on Iran or Syria, North Korea the ‘stans or some other hapless country. The point of such an attack would be first to demonstrate American “resolve”, second to frighten Russia into submission and third to show Russia as weak since it would have to either accept the attack on it ally or launch a global nuclear conflagration.
As Sheikh Hosein says we can expect more false flags and such a nuclear attack by the US would likely be preceeded by a horrific false flag (even nuclear) somewhere in the world. This false flag would provide the necessary pretext for the nuclear attack to follow.
Will this attack lead to WW3? It might. It would depend on the degree of American miscalculation (US miscalculation is a given) and Russia’s reaction.
But as Sheikh Hosein says, this may all be fore ordained and we are indeed living in the end times.
US comeback to the AIIB.
US warns China and its rivals against militarisation of territorial disputes
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/us-warns-china-and-its-rivals-against-militarisation-of-territorial-disputes
The information warfare is now ramped up against China
China to test Tibetan monks and nuns for patriotism
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/china-to-test-tibetan-monks-and-nuns-for-patriotism
Interesting response.
However, the homophobia in this article and in Russian blogs and to some extent general Russian culture is tooth gratingly annoying…almost a deal breaker as this kind of hatred is insidious, counter-productive, and exceedingly arrogant – bordering on an unforgiveable hubris – to stand so in judgment of God’s creations.
If Russia wants the US/West to live and let live, then it should apply that practical philosophy to all those made in God’s image and not sabotage the aspirations and practical assistance that 10% of the population has to offer.
But for other than this glaring black, black mark on their copybook, Saker and other Russian and eastern bloggers are so much better than Western MSM in particular and also provide a welcome change of perspective from even the most literate, educated and sensitive Western commentator.
The age of the internet has put the whole world in touch with the rest of the world, a welcome end to the long era of the rule of the gatekeepers of information.
Homophobia? The alternative?eastern media is better than western media?
It is I guess because a line is drawn. Culture, truth ect. The west what are the values. Truth is meaningless. Winning a court case is being legit. Where is the line drawn? LGBT is US western.
Agree wholeheartedly. It’s the one position holding Russia back from righteous supremacy and the one position I can not reconcile.
Disapproval of homosexuality does not equal homophobia. The vast majority of humanity actually disapproves of homosexuality and as far as we can tell from history, always has. The Western embrace of homophilia is not necessarily correct and other societies are free to make up their minds about it.
No doubt they do. The majority of humanity disapprove of (some race that isn’t the one they belong to) as well. But they are wrong to do so–they are taking an ethically indefensible stance.
This is the problem with, not religion tout court, but scriptural authority as a base for “morality”: It can say whatever, with no reasons given, and that’s taken as completely valid. I’m happy if scripture says wise things–but wisdom can be defended without referring back to itself. “Disapproval” of gays is not wisdom, it’s just scapegoating. I’ve never heard anyone give a reason for it that made a lick of sense or was even more than superficially relevant.
Take all the marriage stuff. People say “Well, they can’t get married because they can’t have children”. But they don’t complain when non-gay people who can’t have children get married. My aunt never got married until well after menopause; she can’t possibly have a child. Should she not be allowed to get married? Of course that would never occur to anybody to even raise as an issue. Why? Because it’s not a real reason.
People say “Well, real marriages are in churches, marriage is a religious thing, and churches don’t or shouldn’t marry gays”. Well I’m married, for nearly twenty years, and I’m an atheist and my marriage was by a registrar. I’m just as married as anyone else, thank you very much. And nobody goes around saying civil marriages by registrars shouldn’t be allowed or aren’t real. Why? Because it’s not a real reason.
People want to “disapprove” of gays, and because of that they don’t want them to, for instance, get married, and so they look for stuff they can imagine might be a reason to bar gays from marrying or from doing whatever else they’re going to be hysterical about. But the reasons are fake; they always either don’t actually apply or they apply not just to gays but to various others for whom it’s never seen as a problem. The real reasons are the same as reasons for racism or any other arbitrary discrimination.
Finally, people talk about stopping gays from doing things everyone else does in the name of social cohesion. Got news for you: Social cohesion works best by including people, not by acting like jackasses.
But I will say this: I’m sure all those Svoboda and Pravy Sector dudes would strongly approve of all the anti-gay rhetoric I see around here. If they’re ever fully in control, they’ll have their pink triangles ready. So you’re in great company.
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Actually I doubt that majority of humanity ” disapprove of (some race that isn’t the one they belong to)…” but thats a separate issue. The issues of race and homosexuality are separate don’t mix them up. Religion has good reasons for disapproving of homosexuality, you may not agree, but most of humanity has found those reasons sufficient for most of history.
As to whether homosexuals can marry adopt children etc etc every society has a right to decide who can do those things. Whether any society decides to permit them or not is within its rights. This applies to both homosexuals and heterosexuals.
As to whether Right Sector approves or disapproves of homosexuality I don’t know and frankly don’t care. Approval or disapproval of homosexuality is not a litmus test for me. What I am opposed to is the very real Western agenda of cramming homosexuality down the throats of societies that want nothing to do with it. To wit the US’s wall to wall outrage over far away Russia’s laws regarding promotion of homosexuality to children. Presumably Russia must permit this according to the dictates of that gay paradise America. No doubt we will soon begin seeing American bombs bringing not just freedom and democracy but homosexuality as well, to some poor benighted country, much in need of liberation from the tyranny of its traditional sexual mores.
You doubt it? Well, perhaps you’re right. But if they don’t today, they always have before. And often with a religious apology for it, as well. Not so many years ago you would have been saying, “Religion has good reasons for disapproving of {blacks}, you may not agree, but most of humanity has found those reasons sufficient for most of history.” You would doubtless have explained to me that various darkies were the descendants of Cain and/or Ham and/or peoples the Lord told the Israelites to smite.
So much for reasons humanity has found sufficient for most of history. Some things change for the better. We’ve changed a good deal on race, we’re on the cusp of changing on gays.
As to the empire’s propaganda . . . sure, it’s repugnant, but you’re buying into it.
The empire is trying to create a dichotomy for public consumption: “We care about rights, our enemies do not!” The reality of course is they don’t give the tiniest damn about rights, whether it’s gay rights or women’s rights or blacks’ rights or poor people’s rights or middle class people’s rights. All they care about is rich people’s power. The real distinction is, or ought to be, that the empire’s true opponents do care about people and their rights while the empire does not. Going around saying “Well if the empire likes gays (or women, or what have you) then we’re not going to” is foolishly playing into their hands and buying into their illusion. And it’s morally repugnant.
1. Perhaps you could do a little research on your ‘colour codes’ before sprouting off on ‘pink’ — http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/pink-used-common-color-boys-blue-girls/
2. Suggest researching “berdache” — ” Among certain Native American peoples, a person, usually a male, who assumes the gender identity and is granted the social status of the opposite sex.” (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/berdache)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/11/two-spirit-people-north-america
http://www.sinclair.edu/academics/lcs/departments/soc/pub/casilab/berdache/Berdache.pdf
Clearly it is not an alien condition to that land/environment.
Keying into the Victorian explorer, Richard Burton, we find: “Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature” (1997) indicates some of the taboo aspects of the Islamic world are not far different.
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Read through a few pages — e.g., 267 thru 281indicates some of the social sub-strata tensions within “honour-shame” cultures (as distinct from “guilt” cultures) — e.g., see http://www.doceo.co.uk/background/shame_guilt.htm
Oh dear. Sorry, I thought it was a well-known reference. When the Nazis were sending various categories of people off to concentration camps, such as Roma, Jews, mentally disabled people and gays, they identified them in different ways so they could tell which category of “person to be eliminated” was which. Gays got pink triangles. Svoboda and Pravy Sector being Nazis, I thought the point would be taken:
You wanna ally with Nazis and fascists on the anti-gay thing, you should be aware what you’re doing. “I don’t care what they think” doesn’t cut it.
And there’s plenty of US proto-fascists who also have the same position; if you think the empire is pro-gay you’re deluded. It’s much like the trumpeting of women’s rights in Afghanistan–the empire allied with the worst anti-woman, mass-raping scum in Afghanistan even as the propaganda was at its loudest.
More Politically Correct Zionist Bullshit………..if you want to use the ‘chocolate escalator’ or receive ‘swollen goods’……..don’t teach ie (brainwash) 5 year old schoolchildren you sick nonce practices….
LGBT is universal and oppression of human rights is oppression of human rights
LGBT are part and parcel of the anti-Russian and anti-Putin campaign.
Dear The Saker,
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150408/1020608951.html
What a scumbag! Does this Lech Walesa not understand what he is saying – he is crazy!
It looks like Sheikh Imran Hosein “End of times” may be coming to pass :(
Rgds,
Veritas
Sounds like madman McCain! Perhaps the same dog bit both of them?
He was always a Western stooge – supplied by Western money – as was Pope John Paul II sad people. Taking the Jewish shekel……
Debka.com is saying that the Saudis bombed the Russian consulate in Yemen (under US orders).
Sounds like Washington is ready for a nuclear war?
Why no reporting on this here or Fortruss or Russia Insider? Disinfo? Debka usually doesn’t lie about facts.
For a moment there when I read “may peace and blessings be upon” I thought The Saker wrote it…
Salam WizOz,
1. The End Times prophecies are like selling snake oil by the snake charmers. No one can predict the present, future or claim to know the full past. Only the Almighty God has the Knowledge of Hidden (ilum al-Ghaib). No human being poses this knowledge, and this includes Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus and Prophet Mohammad, as they were all human beings. Let alone Sheikh Imran Hosein.
2. You are still under the grand illusion that Jesus was blue eyes, blonde who spoke Greek or Roman. He was a Semite who spoke Aramaic (not Hebrew) to his Semite disciples. So the New Testament in Greek/Roman languages is pure fake. So is the Old Testament translated from Hebrew to other languages are mostly fake too.
3. So are fake the Sahih Sitta (Six Authenticated Books of Hadiths), which includes the Sahihain (The Two Authenticated Books of Hadiths) by Bukhari and Muslim. Tarek has already alluded to you above, but you dismissed him.
4. BTW, the Sahih Bukhari contains 7500 Hadiths with duplication, not the Sahihain (The Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim). Without duplication the Sahih Bukhari contains about 3500 Hadiths. Who are Bukhari and Muslims? And why their Books are called the Sahih (Authenticated Books)?
5. The End Times are always shown as Bad Times. No End Times are Good Times, as things are bad now, have been bad and will be bad. In The End Times, God’s Kingdom will come on Earth for 1000 years with Good Times. Freedom and Justice for everyone, including the American Ways (lol, just a dig about American Ways).
Mohamed.
Do the Muslims acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Son of God ?
No, the Creator is not creation!
And Miriam the mother of Isa is the sister of Moses and Aron and the daughter of Amram (erh, sorry …Imran)! It looks like the Archangel Gabriel got a bit confused when he changed his name to Jibril.
@Jesus was blue eyes, blonde who spoke Greek or Roman
Oh, is that my old acquaintance Mahomed who’s back, or is someone else who copied and paste his old comments?
You burn the same straw men. Where did you get that I believe that Jesus was blue eyes, etc.? In all authentic icons Jesus is depicted with dark eyes and dark or chestnut color hair. In all of them He has a definite oriental appearance. So you flog a dead horse. Actually, you don’t know what you are talking about. As your considerations about the languages spoken by Jesus or the language of the Scriptures.
I did not dismiss Tarek. We were in perfect agreement. I have little doubts that the Hadiths are fakes. The problem is that Muslims firmly believe that they come from the lips of the Prophet (including Imran Hosein). Try to tell to Muslims that (if you are not afraid to lose your head!).