Word: mahdi
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...religious differences between Persia and Turkey would make a great religious movement impossible. Isolated attempts at a religious crusade. like that which marked the rise of Islam, may succeed temporarily. The Mahdi in the Soudan may hold out for a time against the force sent against him. The intelligent Moslems, however, realize the utter hopelessness of an assault upon the Christian powers...
...restore the Caliphate to the family of the prophet, and to bring universal peace. The last Imam, however, was born and died but things went on as before. His adherents then said that he was not really dead, but would return again and complete his work as El Mahdi, "he who is guided by God." Many have taken this title, but all have eventually met with defeat and death. The present Mahdi owes his success to a series of fortunate accidents, and to the fanaticism of the country where he has appeared. The intelligent Moslems, however, believe that...