http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23571/iran-mahdi-savior-islam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23571/iran-mahdi-savior-islam#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:47:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23571 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Muslims around the world to mobilize their troops alongside Iran against Israel and the United States to prepare for the coming of the ""Mahdi" seen as "the savior of Islam".

Iran's supreme leader is described as "a direct representative" of the Mahdi and said following his orders is like "obeying the guided one."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23571/iran-mahdi-savior-islam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:21:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23386 Today's Religion News Roundup: • Why the word should worry about Iran • A 666 license plate exchange • What could be worse than the Taliban? • Law aimed at hate group used to silence veteran instead

Also: • Germany bans Neo-Nazi youth organization, and • Jews in Brooklyn take the Amish on a walking tour...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23386/religion-news-roundup-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22104/mahdi-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22104/mahdi-3#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:06:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22104 When President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad launched Iran’s first domestically built telecommunications satellite into space on Sunday, he did so in the name of the last true Shia imam, Mohammed al-Mahdi.

The launch coincided with the end of festivities in Iran to mark the birthday of the imam, one of the holiest figures in Shia Islam, who is believed to have gone into hiding in the year 941 and will return to bring peace and justice to the world.

But this year’s festivities have proved unusually controversial because of claims that the imam is being exploited for commercial and political purposes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22104/mahdi-3/feed 0