Princeton Scholar Warns that Iran's Ahmadinejad may be Planning Cataclysmic Event...And Suggests a Date

World renowned expert on Islam Professor Bernard Lewis of Princeton University has stated in an article today in the Wall Street Journal that Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be planning a cataclysmic event for August 22nd: "In Islam as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time -- Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.…Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by Aug. 22, which this year corresponds to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque,' usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."
It may be difficult for those of us who are relatively secular, liberal (in the classic sense of the word) and modern, to grasp the mentality of the Islamo-fascist mind, but it would be a great mistake to underestimate, ridicule or ignore their publicly stated or hinted intentions.
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