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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/16862.htmlAugust 09, 2006 06:10 AM EST
By Sher Zieve - Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton Bernard Lewis warns that Iran’s Islamic end of times prophecy could be fulfilled as early as 22 August. This date relates to the sacred Islamic date of Rajab 28, which is the date that Saladin entered and conquered Jerusalem.
Lewis advised that unlike the cold war, which had mutually assured destruction as a strong deterrent, Iran holds an apocalyptic worldview and is determined to bring on a forced Islamic imposition on the world or the world’s destruction. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly stated that he wants to bring back the 12th Imam Mahdi, who Muslims believe has been kept alive since 874 A.D. Ahmadinejad believes the first step in ensuring Imam Mahdi’s return is the total destruction of Israel. Lewis said that Ahmadinejad and his Shiite followers “clearly believe that this time is now.”
The author of “Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians”, Jerome Corsi, said Wednesday on Coast to Coast that Iran is determined to destroy the nation of Israel and added: “I fully expect there will be a nuclear war by this time next year”.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/8/8/161444.shtml