the political dimension of religion in shiism

According to Islam, from the very beginning, State and Government are assumed to take as basic principles the religious thinking and ideas. In accordance with the definition given by the Iranian theologues: "Religion is equivalent to a complex of rules, which together with the essence and the moral ...

  Horizentalization of Vertical eschatology as recipe for planetary survival

Twelve years ago, while we were sitting in front of a college in MSU-Main Campus, a Seventh-Day Adventist friend of mine from Bukidnon told me, “Everything can serve any purpose. You see, if I position this horizontally (referring to a blue ballpen he was holding), it serves as a bridge, but if I ...

  Humanitarian rights in the time of appearance of the Mahdi (Pbuh) or world promised Saviour

The promised Messiah or Saviour will rule the world with justice and equality for all humanity. Nobody will suffer of hunger or will be oppressed by others. He will avoid tyranny, and his appearance will mean the end of the corruption of the economic, social and political system of today´s world. He ...

  The Holders of Authority and Legitimacy in Mahdism Doctrine

In the lights of Mahdism teachings Shia’ Muslims have to fight to the improvement of the world, to bring it closer to that model of perfect society that should bring peace to the world, to prepare the world for the coming of the Mahdi. The awaiting of the Mahdi’s return is an inspiration to the ...

  The Era of Imam Mahdi vis a vis the new global order as espoused by the West : An understanding and analysis vis a vis dialectics of the the West

This paper discusses the Western Global world order and how the west aims to impose its global hegemony. In response, this paper analyses how the west acts and views the world, especially how its behaves towards the Muslim Ummah. In persepective, this paper, then after analysing the Western Global ...

  Christian Zionist Messianism: How It Views Islam and Muslims

My proposed paper deals with the phenomenon of Christian Zionist Messianism, a variant of Christian fundamentalism, today a major global force to reckon with. Christian Zionists are a key player in American politics. Approximately a tenth of the American population are devoted members of the cult of ...

  The Doctrine of Mahdism. Tradition and Modernity – Man’s relation with Nature. An Anthropological approach, a pathway out of clash and conflict

The Doctrine of Mahdism has always been at the core of Muslim thinkers and philosophers. In other Religions too, the ideal and doctrine of a Saviour, who will come back one day to judge and reform the situation of the world, represents a focal point, is very deep in thoughts and forges Men’s life,...

  Philosophic Conceptualities of the Self in Messianism / Mahdism

How beautiful are the feet of the herald on the mountains, announcing peace, heralding good tidings, announcing salvation, saying to Zion, “Your God has manifested His kingdom.”

  Belial, Antichrist, and Dajjal: Personification of Lawlessness in Abrahamic Eschatology; Signs to the Rightly Guided World

The destiny of mankind in the eschatological philosophy shared by the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is ordained to travail through apocalyptic tribulations and violent end of one existence to usher in a new one bereft of suffering and immorality adorned by peace and justice....

  The Governance of Imam Mahdi (pbuh) and Contemporary Models of Governments A Comparative Analysis

One of the areas in academia that has been constantly evolving is the area of governance, beginning with the thinking of Plato and Aristotle to contemporary approaches to political theory. Humankind has been in search of a perfect system of governance that will address the needs of the peoples governed ...

  Dialogue or Conversion? An examination of Christian-Muslim eschatological texts and their potential impact on interfaith dialogue

The events of September 11th, the war and sectarian violence in Iraq, Islamaphobia in the West, and the ongoing discord in the Holy Land have underscored the significant role that faith and religion play in the world’s most intractable conflicts. Central to our understanding of these and other struggles ...

  Imam Mahdi: The Crusader of Equality and World Peace

Ideally,a political system or state should not deny any person equality before the law and equal protection of the laws.But in practice, discrimination against poor people, ethnic minorities, race and gender are rampant.On one hand, we boast of post modernism, democracy and human rights but on the other ...

  Universality of the Mahdi’s Mission

At this era, mankind lives in what is called the global village. Technological breakthroughs have brought the different nations closer to each other. New ventures enabled man to send space shuttles to search for signs of life on other planets. As a revolt against an authoritative Church in the Middle ...

  The solace of the savior and HEZBOLLAH's victory: belief in the MAHDI and JESUS as an encouragement to resistance

A common factor between Shia Muslims and Christians is that they refer to the Expected One in their respective eschatological systems as ‘the Saviour’, Shia referring to the Mahdi, and Christians to Jesus.

  Through a Glass Darkly: A Comparison of Self-Proclaimed “Mahdist” States throughout History to the Theory of the (True) Mahdist State Yet to Come

My paper will examine points 8, 9 and 10 under “Theoretical Discussions”—“Messianism and theories of international relations,” “Messianism and world peace and security” and “geopolitics of the world after the appearance of Imam Mahdi”—in light of both Shi`i and Sunni Mahdism. In ...

  Use of Natural Resources and Mahdism Doctrine (Some micro foundations)

Nisar Hamedani-Abstract Use of Natural Resources and Mahdavi Doctrine (Some micro foundations ) Syed Nisar Hussain Hamdani [1] The individuals' behavior towards using the natural resources such as water shall be optimal in the era of Imam Mahdi (as). The present paper presents some microfoundations ...

  The Spirit of Law

Introduction : since two centuries, international law has made tremendous progresses and has helped mankind to progress towards its unification while effectively promoting peace (‘peace through justice’). However, it has also severe shortcomings, which are manifest to anyone. They can be attributed ...

  A Study of the Socio-Cultural Conditions Leading to the Realization of the Appearance of the Mahdi (AS)

“It is He who has sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth to make it prevail over every other religion. However much the disbelievers may dislike it.” (Surah al-Tawbah: 9:33 and Surah As-Saff: 61:9) If human history in the recent past can be taken as indicative of the ...