TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cook,David
TI  - Contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature
AV  - BP166 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Syracuse, New York
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Islamic eschatology
KW  - Apocalyptic literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Islam
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 1 (pages 237-255) and index; Classical Muslim apocalyptic literature --; Building a new vision of the future in the wake of the six days' war --; Interpretations of the present --; The controversy about dating the end of the world --; Quran 17:48 from Banu Israil to the state of Israel --; The mahdi and world conquest --; Prophecies of America, the Second Ad, and its downfall --; Apocalyptic predictions concerning Afghanistan and the Taliban --; The figure of the antichrist --; Problems with the texts and how they are overcome --; Conclusions; 2
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0501/2005011242.html
ER  -