A senior Iranian cleric thinks Trump is the Muslim Antichrist. Who is this figure, al-Dajjāl?
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“Many in the Iranian leadership believe the war launched by Israel and the United States in February is the war of the end times: the final showdown with the US – the Great Satan – and al-Dajjāl – Donald Trump.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute claims about Iranian leadership's views on the 2024 Israel-US war.
“Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Ameli declared Donald Trump 'al-Dajjāl' – the Muslim equivalent of the Antichrist, in a sermon.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Ayatollah Ameli's declaration about Donald Trump.
“Trump 'is completely one-eyed, and this is a sign of the end times,' he said. (Being one-eyed is a key marker of the Dajjāl.)”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Ayatollah Ameli's comments about Trump's physical characteristics.
“Ameli is a member of the Assembly of Experts, the body with the power to appoint, oversee and fire the Supreme Leader of Iran. It selected the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after his father was killed in US–Israeli air strikes.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Assembly of Experts' role in appointing Mojtaba Khamenei.
“Recent reports from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation suggest some US military commanders are also viewing the war between the US and Iran through a religious lens – and even as the start of the final apocalyptic battle of Armageddon.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm US military commanders' views on the Iran conflict.
“One non-commissioned officer reported that his commander declared: 'President Trump had been appointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth.'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the commander's statement about Trump and Armageddon.
“The Dajjāl, or 'the Deceiver', is an evil figure, a false messiah who will emerge in the End Times.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm descriptions of the Dajjal in Islamic tradition.
“The Dajjāl does not appear in the Quran. He was created in the Hadith – the record of the sayings and actions of Muhammad. His appearance was one of the ten signs of the end of the world.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Quran/Hadith references to the Dajjal.
“The Dajjāl appears regularly in the Prayer of Refuge: 'O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the evil of the affliction of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal.'”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Dajjal's mention in the Prayer of Refuge.
“According to Islamic tradition, Jesus will descend to Earth and kill the Dajjāl at the gate of Lydda in Palestine (now a part of Israel).”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Islamic tradition about Jesus and the Dajjal.
“The Quran holds that those who die in a holy war (jihad) gain immediate entrance into paradise.”
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“The doctrine of 'the Deceiver', who would come at the end of the world, had become part of the creed of Islam by the ninth century.”
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“The Iranian leadership is less interested in negotiating, compromising, or capitulating than in doing God’s work to destroy the evil ranged against it.”
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“On March 20, secretary of war Pete Hegseth asked Americans to pray for the troops 'every day on bended knee with your family, in your schools, in your churches, in the name of Jesus Christ'.”
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