Thursday, December 6, 2007

are we so different?

Islamic Beliefs and observations

Antichrist is similar to the description of dajjal, who will appear as a powerful and corrupt leader and Isa

(Arabic name for Jesus Christ) will kill him in an epic war near Jerusalem.

Muslims also have expectations of the antichrist; they call him al-Masih al-Dajjal ("Messiah-Liar"). He will

defy Christ and pervert the words of the true Messiah. He will appear towards the end of this civilization.

Quite a few Muslims believe the dajjal or anti-christ will decieve people, perform "miracles," get people to join

his false religion and claim to be a prophet. He will speak beautifully and fool people.

Among the signs of the Hour will be the emergence of a beast from the

earth. It will be very strange in appearance, and be extremely huge; one

cannot even imagine what "it/he" will look like.

Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) is reported to have said, "The Hour

will not come until you see ten signs: the smoke for 40 days; the Dajjal; the Beast;

the sun rising from the West; the descent of Jesus son of Mary; Gog and

Magog; and three landslides - one in the East, one in the West, and one in

Arabia, at the end of which fire will burst forth from the direction of

Aden (Yemen) and drive people to the place of their final assembly."

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