Iran: Global Insurrection and the Mahdi

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Public Administration

Mentor Information

Jonathan White

Department

Frederik Meijer Honors College

Location

Kirkhof Center 2266

Start Date

11-4-2012 5:00 PM

Keywords

Culture, Globalization, Religion, Social Science, U.S. Diversity, World Perspective

Abstract

The current conflagration between Iran and the west intimates a conflict of ignorance. This conflict has amassed inordinate consequences charged with ethnocentric and ideological behavior by both sides. This argument seeks to hyphenate western perspectives of Iran with an appraisal of Iran's political and religious history. Further, this argument believes, as the political scientist Samuel Huntington's theory of "the clash of civilizations" intimates, that future conflicts will become increasingly more prevalent between Muslims and non-Muslims. This notion is enlightened by an examination of the Muslim belief in the return of the Mahdi. This belief invigorates the erratic and hostile behavior, including state sponsored terrorism, by the Iranian caliphate. This argument identifies and examines four critical historical criteria that have espoused Iran's siege mentality and led to the exacerbation of Mahdi eschatology.

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Apr 11th, 5:00 PM

Iran: Global Insurrection and the Mahdi

Kirkhof Center 2266

The current conflagration between Iran and the west intimates a conflict of ignorance. This conflict has amassed inordinate consequences charged with ethnocentric and ideological behavior by both sides. This argument seeks to hyphenate western perspectives of Iran with an appraisal of Iran's political and religious history. Further, this argument believes, as the political scientist Samuel Huntington's theory of "the clash of civilizations" intimates, that future conflicts will become increasingly more prevalent between Muslims and non-Muslims. This notion is enlightened by an examination of the Muslim belief in the return of the Mahdi. This belief invigorates the erratic and hostile behavior, including state sponsored terrorism, by the Iranian caliphate. This argument identifies and examines four critical historical criteria that have espoused Iran's siege mentality and led to the exacerbation of Mahdi eschatology.