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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Soldiers of Heaven / Supporters of Mahdi</title>
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		<title>Iraqi troops clash with messianic Shiite cult during holy day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cult, Supporters of Mahdi -- also called Soldiers of Heaven -- believes that Imam Mahdi, who disappeared in the 9th century, is about to return and save the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Death sentence for 10 members of Iraq cult</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, the militant sect, dubbing itself the Jund al-Samaa or "Soldiers of Heaven", clashed with US and Iraqi forces outside this holy city, three days before the Shia Ashura festival.]]></description>
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		<title>Religious group&#8217;s compound full of weapons, money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ruins of the Soldiers of Heaven compound in Najaf yielded evidence Tuesday that the group had amassed huge wealth and weapons storehouses virtually under the noses of the Iraqi and U.S. militaries.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Najaf Battle Raises Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accounts of the bloody battle near Najaf have produced more questions than answers, raising doubts about Iraqi security forces' performance and concern over tensions within the majority Shiite community.]]></description>
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		<title>Doomsday cult said to be at center of Iraqi battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an era beset by war and confusion, a purported messiah rises from the sands of the desert promising to deliver the end of time. On the outskirts of a holy city, he gathers his fighters for the apocalypse. But his plan is betrayed. By dawn, government forces surround the messiah and his followers, killing him and hundreds of others.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds killed in battle to stop cult massacre</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17331/mahdi-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women and children with the fighters of the Soldiers of Heaven outside Najaf were believed to be among those killed after coming under sustained fire from warplanes, helicopter gunships and tanks.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi cult leader killed in battle -minister</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17323/mahdi-killed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leader of an Iraqi cult who claimed to be the Mahdi, a messiah-like figure in Islam, was killed in a battle on Sunday near Najaf with hundreds of his followers, Iraq's national security minister said on Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>US and Iraqi forces kill 250 apocalyptic cult gunmen</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17311/mahdi</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States and Iraqi forces killed 250 gunmen from an apocalyptic Muslim cult whose followers wore headbands declaring themselves a Soldier of Heaven.]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian president backs messianic cult</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The key to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s hardline policies may not be hidden in his revolutionary past, or in any of the nuclear facilities dispersed across Iran, but in a small farming village near the holy city of Qom.
Here, in what was until only a few years ago a shabby local mosque, Iran&#8217;s new radical Muslim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Messianic Fervor Grows Among Iran&#8217;s Shiites</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14333/mahdi-soldiers-of-heaven</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14333/mahdi-soldiers-of-heaven#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many, including the president, pray for the Mahdi&#8217;s return to defeat evil. Western critics fear such beliefs may lead to irrational policies.
JAMKARAN, Iran &#8212; Each Tuesday, thousands of people arrive here at dusk by car and bus. Beneath the twinkling lights of the blue-tiled mosque, they sit on carpets, following prayers broadcast over loudspeakers: families, [...]]]></description>
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