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Showing posts with label Antichrist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antichrist. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Islamic Hysteria > Hysterical Muslim mob beats Ahmadi man to death in Karachi (It's a disagreement about the false Messiah - the antichrist)

 

Man from Pakistan's persecuted religious minority

lynched by Karachi mob

Asia 

A mob, which included many members from the anti-blasphemy political group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), on Friday lynched a member of Pakistan's persecuted Ahmadiyya minority in the port city of Karachi. Hundreds of radical Islamists stormed the streets chanting slogans, enraged that Ahmadis were allegedly offering Friday prayers.

Members of the Ahmadiyya community are being escorted in a police van as they leave after offering Friday midday prayers in Karachi on April 18, 2025.
Members of the Ahmadiyya community are being escorted in a police van as they leave after offering Friday midday prayers in Karachi on April 18, 2025. © Rizwan Tabassum, AFP

A mob beat to death a member of Pakistan's persecuted Ahmadiyya minority on Friday after hundreds of radical Islamists surrounded their place of worship in the port city of Karachi, police said.

A mob, many from the anti-blasphemy political group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), stormed through the narrow streets of Saddar neighbourhood chanting slogans, enraged that Ahmadis were allegedly offering Friday prayers.

"One member of the community was killed after the mob identified him as an Ahmadi. They attacked him with sticks and bricks," Muhammad Safdar, a senior local police official in the port city of Karachi where the incident happened.

"The mob included members of several religious parties," he told AFP.

Safdar said police took around 25 Ahmadis into custody for their safety.



Kamana Haruna - The resistance of Nyamirambo's Muslims during the Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda © Juliette Montilly - France 24

An AFP journalist at the scene saw a prison van escorted by police vehicles take the Ahmadi men away, after negotiating with the 600-strong chanting mob.

The Ahmadiyya community are considered heretics by the Pakistani government and have been persecuted for decades, but threats and intimidation have intensified in recent years.

A local resident among the crowd, Abdul Qadir Ashrafi, told AFP he joined the mob to pressure police to arrest the Ahmadis.

"We requested that the place be sealed and that those conducting the Friday prayers be arrested, with criminal proceedings initiated against them," Abdul Qadir Ashrafi, a 52-year-old businessman said.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said it was "appalled by the orchestrated attack by a far-right religious party on a colonial-era Ahmadi place of worship".

"This failure of law and order is a stark reminder of the continued complicity of the state in the systematic persecution of a beleaguered community," it said on X.   


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Deadly mob violence

Ahmadis, who number around 10 million worldwide, consider themselves Muslims, and their faith is identical to mainstream Islam in almost every way, but their belief in another messiah has marked them blasphemous non-believers.

In the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Promised Messiah is Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. Ahmadis believe he is the Messiah and Mahdi, the figure prophesied to appear at the end of times to establish righteousness. This is a distinct belief from mainstream Islam, where the Messiah is also expected, but not identified with a specific individual. 

Except, Shia Islam believes the 12th Imam is the Messiah

In Twelver Shia Islam, the 12th Imam is Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed to be in occultation and will eventually return to bring justice. This belief is a central tenet of Twelver Shia theology, with the Twelvers believing that he is currently alive and will reappear at the end of time. 

The Bible clears up this confusion as it describes this "Messiah" as being the AntiChrist, who brings destruction upon the earth, and judgment by the real Messiah - Jesus Christ!

Pakistan's constitution has branded them non-Muslims since 1974, and a 1984 law forbids them from claiming their faith as Islamic.

Unlike in other countries, they cannot refer to their places of worship as mosques, make the call to prayer, or travel on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Hardline TLP supporters regularly monitor Ahmadi places of worship and file police complaints against them for identifying as Muslims and conducting prayers in a manner similar to Islamic practices – illegal in Pakistan.

According to a tally kept by the community, six Ahmadis were killed in 2024, and more than 280 since 1984.

In the same period, more than 4,100 Ahmadis have faced criminal charges including 335 under blasphemy laws which carry the death penalty.


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Mob violence is common in Pakistan, where blasphemy is an incendiary issue that carries the death penalty.

Dozens of churches were ransacked in the city of Jaranwala in 2023 when clerics used mosque loudspeakers to claim that a Christian man had committed blasphemy, sparking a crowd of hundreds of Muslim rioters.

Last August, the Supreme Court was pressured into backtracking on a landmark ruling that would have allowed Ahmadis to practise their faith as long as they do not use Muslim terms, after weeks of protests by fundamentalist groups, including death threats to the chief justice. 

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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Friday, January 17, 2025

George Soros > in India. Is George Soros the closest living thing to the AntiChrist?

 

Opinion:

Having virtually destroyed Europe and its Christian heritage, Soros seems to have turned his attention to India and may be taking aim at Hinduism.


India’s ruling party accuses opposition of using ‘Soros playbook’


Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has criticized opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s claim that he is ‘fighting the Indian state’
India’s ruling party accuses opposition of using ‘Soros playbook’












Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has come under fire from Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for claiming that his political organization is ‘fighting the Indian state.’ Gandhi’s comments resemble the playbook of US billionaire George Soros on destabilizing countries, according to BJP leaders. 

At the opening of his Indian National Congress party’s new headquarters in New Delhi, Gandhi alleged that the BJP and RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization) had captured all institutions in the country, and that Congress was fighting not just these groups, but also the “Indian state itself.”

Reacting to the remark, BJP President J P Nadda said these statements had exposed the “ugly truth” of Congress, India’s oldest political party, which is now in opposition. 

Nadda, who serves as minister of health, family welfare, chemicals and fertilizers, claimed that Congress had “close links” to anti-national elements and “the deep state who want to defame, demean and discredit India.”

“His repeated actions have also strengthened this belief. Everything he has done or said has been in the direction of breaking India and dividing our society,” Nadda wrote in a post on X.

The Congress party has repeatedly denied having links to Soros. Party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate questioned such allegations from the BJP in December, noting that the Indian government was the fourth-largest donor to the UN Democracy Fund, which supports Soros’ foundations.  

Since early 2023, the Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist has been a target of the BJP’s rhetoric, with the party accusing him of funding the opposition and supporting critics of Narendra Modi to destabilize the country.

In February 2023, Soros criticized Modi while speaking at the Munich Security Conference. He brought up allegations of financial fraud against the Adani Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates headed by Gautam Adani, who is considered close to Modi. Soros said these allegations would “significantly weaken Modi’s stranglehold on India’s federal government.” 

New Delhi reacted by describing Soros as “old, rich, opinionated and dangerous” because he’s willing to invest his money in “shaping narratives.”

The war of words came against a backdrop of several investigative reports alleging financial misconduct by the Adani Group, published by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which stated that Soros’ Open Society Foundations was one of its sponsors. 

The discussion around potential Soros-linked interests in Indian domestic affairs intensified in the lead-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections, which saw the BJP failing to secure a clear majority on its own. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which includes the BJP and its regional allies, however, won the election after securing 293 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament), giving Modi a third term as prime minister.

In December 2024, the BJP cited a report by the French media outlet Mediapart that alleged direct links between the OCCRP’s investigations and US government funding. While the report didn’t mention India-related investigations, the BJP alleged that Soros and the US Department of State were backing a campaign to “destabilize” Modi’s government. The French outlet accused the BJP of distorting its reporting to promote a “conspiracy theory.”

The Democratic government and Soros are both far-left culturally

and are determined to destroy anyone or any group that is not.



Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Khamenei’s New World Chaos

From a blog called Iran2407, this is a pretty good summary of what is happening in Islam in the Middle East

Iran has for decades been trying to create the chaotic conditions necessary for the 12th Imam to appear.
Muslim prophecy has him appearing in a world gone mad and bringing peace, order and Islamic rule, ie Sharia Law. 
Sounds a lot like the Biblical prophecies of the anti-Christ.


It would seem that two factors are influencing and re-shaping regional alliances. The first being the victories over ISIS (especially in Syria), and the second being the Qatar-Gulf crisis.

We are witnessing the creation of two distinct blocks. The first being the Saudi camp, including UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and others. It would be wrong to call it the “Sunni block”, as it is not entirely Sunni, but it can most probably be identified by the more “Western” alignment, as it has the support of the United States and other Western countries. The second block includes Iran, Turkey, Qatar, and a mix of proxy groups like the Hezbollah based in Lebanon, Houthis based in Yemen, the Hamas from Gaza, Shiite militants and others, has already been termed by the Gulf House as the “new axis of dissent”. They also cannot be identified by one Islamic religious school, or ethnic belonging, as they are a mix, but it is clear that the fighting forces are dominated by Shiite militants & proxies, and they are more aligned with Russia, at least in the fight in Syria. Despite different interests and ambitions, this opposition alliance is emerging as a clear block.

The Qatar-Gulf crisis was exploited wisely by Iran. By rushing to Qatar’s support, Iran drew Qatar closer into the “new axis of dissent” block. Qatar brings with it a rich financial resource. Turkey and Iran provide military might, willing aggression and an extended territory foundation.

The Saudi-UAE alliance did achieve a success in toppling the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 2013, but that dwarfs in comparison to the territory gains by Iran. It is quite clear now that Syrian territory, liberated from ISIS, is becoming a stronghold for Iran and its allies. Shiite radicalism taking over from Sunni radicalism. As Andrew Taylor expects in Bloomberg “as Syria crumbles – only Iran is a sure winner“. Taylor continues and warns that “the Shiite crescent from Tehran to the Mediterranean we have been talking about and fearing for decades is going to be formed in front of us”.

The problem surfacing from the new blocks is the lack of geo-strategic stability. The Saudi block may be more “nation-state” aligned, absent of a radical world dominating vision, but, as Kissinger wrote recently, they do lack a geo-strategic concept. They also lack determination. The problem with the “axis of dissent block”, is that they do have determination and they are leading to a clear future – not “new world order”, but “new world chaos”. The common factor at the moment in the axis of dissent block is the defeat of ISIS, but beyond that – all hell can break loose. The only prediction that seems to be correct is the appearance of a comparable entity to ISIS, or the creation of an Iranian radical empire.

Kissinger authored an article recently chaos and order in a changing world. If the vision of Iran domination in the Middle East comes true, we will fear the chaos and the order.


Saturday, June 10, 2017

In 21st Century Hyperbolic Politics, Brits Have Forgotten How to Lose Gracefully

Within hours of a national referendum and a national election,
Brits have frantically attempted to change their minds.
In the hyperbolic politics and extreme impatience of the 21st century,
there is no such thing as a stiff upper lip anymore.

Petition to stop Tory/DUP ‘coalition of chaos’ reaches
540k signatures in 24hrs

© Toby Melville / Reuters

A petition launched Friday urging British Prime Minister Theresa May not to form a ‘coalition of chaos’ with the Democratic Unionist Party has already gained over half a million signatures and counting.

The author of the ‘Stop the DUP & TORIES forming a Minority Government!’ petition, writing under the pen name Winston Churchill, called the proposed alliance “a disgusting, desperate attempt to stay in power.”

Unlike previous online petitions filed through the UK government website, this petition is non-binding and will not trigger an official response from the government nor has the potential to force debate in the House of Commons.

The official petitions website is currently down until a new Petitions Committee is set up by the House of Commons.

The change.org petition criticizes several highly contentious stances held by various members of the DUP at one point including belief in creationism, anti-abortion and anti-gay rights advocacy.

The petition ends with a call for May to resign.

British conservatives have expressed unease with the proposed alliance with the DUP online.

Former New Labour ‘sultan of spin’ Alastair Campbell also weighed in describing the proposal as a “dangerous disgrace.” 

Obviously, 'the left' would like for Theresa May to resign and refuse to form a government. Why she would do that 10 days before Brexit negotiations begin and put the country in a position where they are still vetting cabinet ministers, many of whom don't want Brexit, and hence, don't represent the will of the people who voted for it last year - well, that's just not going to happen, nor should it.

Over the past few years I have been perhaps Theresa Mays biggest overseas critic having watched her botch the child sex abuse inquiry time after time after time. Her election call just confirms that she makes very questionable decisions, even downright stupid and arrogant decisions, but to have Labour negotiating with Brussels on Brexit would be virtually suicidal.

Most of the angst on the left is not so much about losing as to the notion that the party the Conservatives will be supported by are basically evangelical Christians. The left has no tolerance for the right! There will be all sorts of accusations made against what they believe but it boils down to this: Christians believe in God, the left does not! And the left thinks anyone who does is either evil, or insane, or insanely stupid. But, at the same time, they welcome Muslims into the UK with open arms and expressions of love and tolerance.

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 1 John 4:3

Monday, April 25, 2016

2 Leading Rabbis Agree - Messiah Coming Very Soon

Major Rabbi Predicts Christians Will Be Source of Torah in Coming Days of Messiah
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz 

“For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language that they may all call upon the name of the LORD to serve Him with one consent. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring My suppliants even the daughter of My dispersed as Mine offering.” Zephaniah 3:9-10 (The Israel Bible™)

(BreakingIsraelNews)
(BreakingIsraelNews)

On Wednesday afternoon, two of the greatest rabbis of the generation met and discussed how very close the Messiah is, and how Christians and Muslims have an important role to play in that process.

Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch (Photo: Flash90)
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch
(Photo: Flash90)
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch,Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and the Head of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem, paid a rare visit to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky at his home in Bnei Barak. They are two of the most prominent Torah figures alive today. Conversations between such great men have enormous significance and the Hebrew-language website Kikar Shabbat recorded the dialogue between these two great rabbis.

After warm greetings, the rabbis began to discuss the problems facing the Jews in this generation. Rabbi Kanievsky said that troubles were to be expected. “It is the days before Messiah,” he explained.

Rabbi Sternbuch agreed. “In the End of Days, those who fear God will despair and their hands will loosen from fighting God’s war against the sinners, and there will be no one to rely upon except God,” he said, adding, “We have to bring the Messiah.”

Rabbi Kanievsky answered that the Messiah should be arriving in the very near future. He quoted the Talmud (Megillah 17b) again, saying, “In the year after shmittah the Son of David will come.”

Rabbi Kanievsky was referring to a prediction he had made earlier in the year based on the Talmud. The shmittah (sabbatical) year comes once every seven years and ended this year on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The year in which Rabbi Kanievsky predicted the Messiah would come, according to the Talmud, will end next Rosh Hashana, in September.

“The year after the Shemitta isn’t over,” he added.

Rabbi Sternbuch answered by quoting Jeremiah 8:2, which reads, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved” – implying that according to the Talmud, the Messiah should have already arrived if it was truly coming in this year.

Rabbi Kanievsky insisted that the Messiah was indeed coming in this year. He opened the Talmud folio (Ketubot 112b) that contained the prediction and began to read out loud to Rabbi Sternbuch.

Father Gabriel Clean (Wikimedia Commons)
Father Gabriel Clean
(Wikimedia Commons)
Rabbi Sternbuch considered this and responded with a different source.

“We have an ancient authenticated hand-written manuscript from the Rambam (a Spanish Torah authority from the twelfth century), in which he says that before the coming of the Messiah, the Christians and the Ishmaelites (Arabs) will come to Israel,” he pointed out.

The manuscript the rabbi referred to is a recent version of the Rambam’s Mishnah Torah, recently published with restored sections censored by medieval Christian authorities.

Rabbi Sternbuch’s interpretation of the Rambam does seem to happening today. The creation of the State of Israel was a miraculous fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham, restoring the land of Israel to the Jewish people, but it also benefitted Christians, establishing a bubble of religious freedom in a region of the world that does not tolerate pluralism. Almost three million Christians come to Israel every year to visit their holy sites in a way that is not permitted in regions under Muslim rule, and the Jewish state is home to a considerable Christian population as well.

Gabriel Naddaf,  an Israeli priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, said in an interview with the Algemeiner that “the Jewish state is the only country in the Middle East where Christians can practice their faith free from persecution”, noting, “The Christian community in Israel has more than quadrupled since independence in 1948, from 34,000 to 158,000 in 2012.”

Though not as positive or as beneficial as the Christian connection, the Arabs have also multiplied in the Land of Israel as the Messiah approaches. Before the British Mandate, Palestine, a neglected corner of the Ottoman Empire, had barely 700,000 people living in the country. As the Jewish population increased between World War One and World War Two, the Arab population also increased by 120 percent.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. (Photo: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
Photo: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90
Rabbi Kanievsky continued reading in the Talmud, which described yet another aspect of the days preceding the Messiah.

“In the days to come, all the non-fruit bearing trees in israel will bear fruit.” Rabbi Kanievsky explained, “When the Messiah comes, everyone will repent, and the people that ‘didn’t bear fruit’ will bear fruit and learn Torah.”

Rabbi Kanievsky seemed to be saying that in the Messianic era, Christians and Muslims will be a source of Torah learning – and this phenomenon is appearing as well. Many movements in Christianity are beginning to seek  out their roots in Torah and Judaism. Hebrew Roots and Bnai Yosef are growing movements that advocate doing Mitzvot and Torah study.

Both Rabbi Kanievsky and Rabbi Sternbuch are brilliant Torah scholars whose decisions regarding Torah law are unquestionably authoritative. When rabbis of this stature agree that the Messiah is imminent, it is clearly a sign to sit up and take notice.

Isn't it interesting that these Torah scholars include Christians in the equation leading up to the coming of the Messiah - even quoting scripture. What is interesting about it is that Jews don't believe that Jesus is the Messiah, yet the Torah seems to recognize Christianity as a bonafide religion. 

It appears the Rabbis don't necessarily believe in the Great Tribulation - 7 years of Hell on earth, revealed by the New Testament as coming before Christ returns. As part of that, the Antichrist will also appear before Christ's return. 

How do they reconcile that Christianity is mentioned in the Torah, but they don't believe in Christ as the Messiah? How do you explain Christianity without Christ? There's a disconnect there unless the Torah refers only to Christians after the Messiah appears.

2 Cor 3:
13.  We.... are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. (glory)
14.  But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
15.  But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;

16.  but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.