Ahmad al-Hassan

Ahmed Alhasan
احمد الحسن
Born
Ahmed bin Ismail
احمد إسماعيل

1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityIraqi
OccupationCivil engineer
Known forClaiming to be the Yamani, the first Mahdi and The door of Muhammad al-Mahdi
MovementAnsar 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.

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