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Iraq As the Focus for Apocalyptic Scenarios OCTOBER 2008 . VOL 1 . ISSUE 11 Iraq as the Focus for al-Mahdi or al-Qa’im), who from a jihadist journals from Iraq.3 historical point of view was occulted Apocalyptic Scenarios from human sight in 874 AD, and will With the rise of radical Islam, the most be revealed at the end of the world to common apocalyptic prophecy was By David Cook usher in a messianic age. His primary a general one used to emphasize the enemies are those opponents of the idea that the entire non-Muslim world iraq has a long history of being the Prophet Muhammad’s family, mainly is involved in a conspiracy to destroy center of the Muslim world. Specifically, descendents of Mu`awiyya bin Abi Islam: there are numerous prophecies about Sufyan,2 who fought against `Ali bin the fighting due to take place in Iraq at Abi Talib, the ancestor of the Mahdi. The Messenger of God said: The the end of time—fighting that will herald Mu`awiyya’s descendent is a figure nations are about to flock against the revelation of the Muslim messianic called the Sufyani who for the Muslims you [the Muslims] from every figure, the Mahdi. These traditions and of Syria was a messianic figure (because horizon, just as hungry people flock their contemporary interpretation, on of their veneration for Mu`awiyya), but to a kettle. We said: O Messenger both a popular level (throughout the for Shi`a is the equivalent of the Dajjal. of God, will we be few on that day? Muslim world) and on a more specific In this way, history will repeat itself, He said: No, you will be many as level (by radical Sunni and Shi`a groups with the Mahdi fighting against the far as your number goes, but you either fighting or supporting warfare in Sufyani in Iraq and defeating him, and will be scum, like the scum of Iraq), are important for comprehending then establishing the messianic state the flash-flood, since fear will be the conflict and its ramifications. with its capital in Kufa (today, south of removed from the hearts of your Visualizing the ideological field that Najaf). enemies, and weakness (wahn) will is attracting and keeping fighters and be placed in your hearts. We said: “martyrs” is critical for counteracting Both the Sunni and Shi`a have a coherent O Messenger of God, what does the the dangerous appeal that violent messianic framework in which to place word wahn mean? He said: Love of apocalyptic groups, such as Jund al- contemporary events. For Sunnis, this world and fear of death.4 Sama’, have among the larger population this fact has led to a huge growth in in Iraq. popular apocalyptic literature. This With such a tradition, any weakness of type of literature, however, is not the Muslim community that occurs in Iraq in Classical Muslim Apocalyptic Literature useful for radical Muslims because it the future is due to the abandonment of and Today promotes a sense of fatalism. If God jihad. With the added idea of the world Apocalyptic traditions in Islam has already foreordained destruction falling upon the Muslims like “hungry occur in both the Sunni and the Shi`a people,” one has a worldwide conspiracy traditions. In general, the Sunni “Both the Sunni and Shi`a and a justification to use any method to traditions emphasize the fighting with defend Islam. the Byzantine Christians that is to take have a coherent messianic place in the region of northern Syria framework in which Radical Sunni Muslim Development of and Iraq, culminating in the taking of Apocalyptic Materials the Byzantine capital of Constantinople to place contemporary Attitudes of radical Muslims toward (which historically occurred in events.” the apocalyptic heritage of Islam 1453 AD). This fighting will then be vary. On the one hand, this material interrupted by the appearance of the contains many apparent foreshadowing Muslim anti-Christ figure, the Dajjal, prophecies of current events. These who will lead the entire world astray for the United States and its allies, are developed in popular literature (with the exception of those Muslims then what is the point of going out and sold on the streets in the Arabic and 1 known as al-ta’ifa al-mansura), and will fighting them? The most useful form of Urdu speaking worlds and translated only be defeated with the aid of Jesus, apocalypse for radicals, therefore, is into other languages (English, French, who will return from the heavens to one in which fighting is portrayed as an Indonesian and Uzbek). Although al- the city of Jerusalem or to Damascus. open-ended process that will continue Qa`ida and its ideological affiliates At approximately the same time, the until either victory or martyrdom are made use of apocalyptic language, it is messianic figure will arise, and together obtained. Probably the most useful comparatively rare to find any specific with Jesus usher in a messianic state tradition conveying this message is with its capital in Jerusalem. the following: “A group (ta’ifa) of my 3 For example, see page three of the al-Fursan jihadist community will continue, fighting for magazine from November 2005, which can be accessed In contrast, the Shi`a traditions do not the truth, victorious over those who at www.e-prism.org/images/Fursan_-_mag6.pdf, and emphasize fighting against external oppose them, until the last of them page four of the Dhurwat al-Sanam jihadist magazine, enemies such as the Byzantines, but face the Dajjal (or in variants: until the which can be accessed at www.e-prism.org/images/ against Sunnis. Apocalyptic prophecies Hour of Judgment).” Needless to say, thurwat_assanam.pdf. for the Shi`a center around the figure this tradition is featured frequently in 4 Al-Silfi, al-Fawa’id al-hisan fi hadith Thawban (Casa- of the Twelfth Imam (called either blanca: Dar Ibn `Affan, 2001), pp. 7-14. This was alluded to by Usama bin Ladin in his 1998 fatwa, in Bruce Law- 1 See, for instance, the Ansar al-Sunna magazine from 2 Mu`awiyya bin Abi Sufyan was the caliph from 661- rence et al., Messages to the World (London: Verso, 2005), September 2005. 80 AD. p. 59. OCTOBER 2008 . VOL 1 . ISSUE 11 prophecies cited by them. In fact, until material promotes a mindset that is not fact has also led to the appearance of the end of 2001 major radical Muslim calculated to win the neutral over, and apocalyptic groups that bridge the gap thinkers such as Abu Mus`ab al- can alienate even strong supporters of between Sunnism and Shi’ism, not Suri ridiculed the use of apocalyptic the cause because of its excesses (mass easy in the context of Iraq. Jund al- prophecies on a popular level. Since suicide attacks and destruction of Sama’ in southern Iraq (active during that time, Usama bin Ladin, Ayman al- society). January 2007 and January 2008) is an Zawahiri and other senior al-Qa`ida example of such a group, with a specific leaders have not employed clear-cut Two dangers that al-Zarqawi avoided proclamation of Ahmad al-Hasan as the apocalyptic prophecies, probably might yet occur in the future use of Mahdi.8 The full story of this group has fearing their divisive nature. apocalyptic materials: one is that some yet to be told, but according to reports figure might actually proclaim himself in which the Mahdi intended to kill With the rise of Abu Mus`ab al-Zarqawi, to be the Mahdi, and the second is that however, this changed. Through his people or groups might make specific “Through his writings, writings, al-Zarqawi pioneered the prophecies using dates. Specific identification of U.S. forces with the proclamations or predictions of this al-Zarqawi pioneered Byzantines, and positioned himself type can lead to divisions within a group the identification of U.S. as one who was fighting on behalf of or ridicule of it by the larger Muslim the entire Muslim community in the world. Both of these problematic issues forces with the Byzantines, apocalyptic wars (for which he used the have not been avoided by other groups and positioned himself classical term malahim). He made little (such as the Jund al-Sama’ group that use of formal apocalyptic traditions proclaimed a Mahdi). One foresees the as one who was fighting until the sieges of Falluja in 2004 and proclamation of other Mahdis in the on behalf of the entire 2005, but for the last two years of his Sunni world as the Islamic year 1500 life his attitudes changed.5 Apocalyptic (approximately 2076) approaches. Muslim community in the traditions for al-Zarqawi supplied the apocalyptic wars.” framework for a landscape of warfare The Shi`a Respond enabling him to portray the conflict Since the Shi`a messianic figure is as an absolute life or death scenario. tied to a historical (or semi-historical) There is no doubt that this portrayal personality, there are few Mahdi the religious leadership of the Shi`a was controversial and ultimately led appearances documented among them. (including Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani) to Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi and With the election of President Mahmoud fulfillment of prophecy is clear. Several al-Zawahiri both remonstrating with Ahmadinejad in Iran in 2005, however, of the traditions concerning the Mahdi him. Nevertheless, with the strategy of there has been a heightened profile for from the classical period say specifically demonizing the Shi`a population and the Mahdi, and occasionally attempts that he will kill the Muslim religious employing frequent suicide attacks to predict his appearance, utilizing the leadership (because of their betrayal against both it and its holiest locations, cultic center at Jamkaran (near Qom of the truth).
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