This is all we need: Muslim milennarianism aswell

Here's a bit of a back story to the current situation in Iran. The president is an Islamic religious counterweight to Bush. In this case the Iranian president is connected with ...

Devout Shiites believe some day he [the Mahdi, the 'Hidden Imam'] will re-emerge to inaugurate a new era of perfect government on earth, which will in turn be followed by the return of the prophet Jesus to judge mankind. And those who flock to Jamkaran believe that this will happen very soon.

I seem to recall that this kind of Islam was what gave the British Empire trouble in Sudan during the Victorian period.
Iran :: Iranian president backs messianic cult:
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