He's Just a Harmless "mahdaviat" preparing the way for world domination
January 12, 2006 Ahmadinejad 's Mission and Mysticism By Daniel Pipes Thanks to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, a new word has entered the political vocabulary: mahdaviat. Not surprisingly, it's a technical religious term. Mahdaviat derives from mahdi, Arabic for "rightly-guided one," a major figure in Islamic eschatology. He is, explains the Encyclopedia of Islam, "the restorer of religion and justice who will rule before the end of the world." The concept originated in the earliest... Sign in to see full entry.