NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths

[Ali Quadir]

Except for the theme of monotheism, the Qur'an speaks more of the coming Qiyamah - also known as the Resurrection, the Day of Judgment, Day of Gathering, and the Great Announcement - than of any other topic. "Confessing the Shahadah - "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Prophet of God" - and believing in the accountability of all humans before God are the cement which holds Islam together.

Like I said, I wish I were more of an expert here. I don't have the knowledge to actually disagree with you on this... But it seems to me the bible does the exact same thing. Yet the consequence of this isn't that every Christian believes in 2012.. All I'm saying that main stream Islam is basically the same.

This major theme and promise is upheld not only in the Qur'an, but also in other religious scriptures. Though opinions may differ on precise details it is generally believed that it is connected to a time of momentous upheaval, calamity and the end of Earth.

Yet the quran itself does not go into the detail that the biblical revelations do... It's true that searchers have found clues in the Quran that seem to point to 2012. But whether this is selective interpretation I cannot tell. I certainly do know it is not part of the commonly held belief of Muslims or Sufi's.. Yes the world is going to end but at a time known only to God. And while this is spoken about, people on the whole assume they will die natural deaths.. And like in Christianity this "personal apocalypse" is empathized.

Mohamed himself apparently believed that the end was to come only a few years after his revelations. We could say his prophecy is now about 14 centuries overdue.

Like in Christianity there is a lot to do about the afterlife. But very few followers put an actual date on it. It's one of those things that is always in the future. I know for a fact that the few times this was mentioned among the Sufi's it usually resulted in blank stares. And I think my Initiator interpreted the presence of the belief in the group as a sign of the past more than actual knowledge of the future (Karmic patterns) If he knew more then he held his lips tightly sealed on that subject.