Al-Mahdi (a.k.a the antichrist?)
I stumbled upon this book written by Joel Richardson that does an exhaustive comparison of the Christian beliefs about the anthichrist and Muslims belief of their messiah called Al-Mahdi. The similarities are very close and the book offers a strong case that Islam is potentially the one world religion spoken of in the Revelation. I highly recommend that you read this book if you are at all interested in this type of subject matter (or even if yuo are not). You can read it online at www answering-islam org/Authors/JR/Future/index htm
Many of you may have noticed that Al-Mahdi is whom Irans president Ahmadinejad has been speaking of lately. His beleif is that he must bring about chaos & destruction in order to cause the Al-Mahdi (the hidden Imman) to return out of hiding and take his place as the head of the Islamic Caliphate (abolished in 1924).
"Antichrist Islam's Awaited Messiah: A fascinating study and comparison of the end-time beliefs of the World’s two largest religions. Through this groundbreaking examination of both Islamic and biblical prophecy, a frightening picture of a very possible future emerges. Discover the startling similarities between the biblical Antichrist and Islam’s Messiah figure known as Imam al-Mahdi. A must read for anyone who wishes to better understand Islam, Bible prophecy or the spiritual factors and the underlying forces driving the present early stages of a final clash of ideologies and civilizations."