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An exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand - and with it the Great Battle, prophesied by both Sunni and Shi'i tradition, which many believers expect will begin in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands. It uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries.
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Apocalypse in Islam, Jean-Pierre Filiu
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- 2012
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- Title
- Apocalypse in Islam
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jean-Pierre Filiu
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0520272641
- ISBN13
- 9780520272644
- Category
- Social sciences, Esotericism and Religion
- Description
- An exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand - and with it the Great Battle, prophesied by both Sunni and Shi'i tradition, which many believers expect will begin in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands. It uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries.