Hojjatiehs: Dedicated To The Arrival Of The 12th Imam

Slater Bakhtavar at Islam Watch explains the teachings of the Hojjatiehs: the group - one could say - behind Ahmadinejad. They believe in a, to put it mildly, more progressive arrival of the 12th Imam. This means; Armageddon.

It's a group most a lot of us probably never heard of, but they're extremely important and influential in today's Iranian regime.

I advice everyone to read the entire article.

Slater's conclusion:

The logical conclusion points in the direction of the combination of forces between the current Jurist run dictatorial system and the anti-Bahai, radically aggressive policies of the Hojjatiehs in order to preserve the Islamic system. Either way the regime will remain the world's leading sponsor of terrorism – the question is whether the Hojjatiehs concept of hastening the arrival of the 12th Imam by causing war and chaos across the
world will take form. Most analysts rightfully contest our best weapon in Iran are the pro-American people who in recent years have consistently poured out into the streets in pro-Democracy demonstrations only to be arrested, tortured, and often times murdered. We should invest more aggressively in their liberation before we have to deal with a fanatical regime armed with nuclear weapons with a potent desire to drive the world towards Armageddon.

Hear, hear.