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Ahmed Alhasan احمد الحسن | |
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Born | Ahmed bin Ismail احمد إسماعيل 1968 (age 55–56) |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Known for | Claiming to be the Yamani, the first Mahdi and The door of Muhammad al-Mahdi |
Movement | Ansar of Imam al-Mahdi, The Ahmadí Religion of Peace and Light |
Ahmed Alhasan (Arabic: أحمد الحسن) is an Iraqi Shia Muslim religious leader. He has been called the most prominent of figures claiming to be the messianic al-Yamani, in the chaos following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In Twelver Shi'ism Islam, the majority religion of Iraq, al-Yamani is "the deputy of the Mahdi, the Twelfth Imam, and a precursor to his Reappearance" and to End Times.[1]
Ahmed Alhasan, who was born in Iraq, his call start in 1999 and began a públic "religious call" in 2002. He is a key figure in several religious movements, including the current official office in Najaf and The Ahmadi religion of Peace and Light.