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Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is a Descendant of the
Prophet Abraham (pbuh)

SARS is worse than war

Tercuman, April 12, 2003 AIDS:
40 mil lion people

died

Swine flu virus alarm, epi- Evrensel, December 1, 2006

demic spreading rapidly Haberturk, April 27, 2009

This aside, in our day, new and un known ep i dem ics ap pear. Within
the last 20 to 30 years, we have had to deal with AIDS, SARS, Ebola, Mad
Cow dis ease, bird and swine flus all of which have be come grave threats.

58. People fleeing one another:

O Messenger of Allah, what is the fitnah of Akhlas?" He said: "Flee-
ing—that is, the flee ing of peo ple from one an oth er due to mis trust and
the loot ing of peo ple's pos ses sions." (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi,
p. 386, no. 714.)

The had ith states that peo ple will flee from one an oth er due to mis -
trust and fear. This might re fer to those who are forced to flee their home -
lands. Indeed, the num ber of ref u gees and ex iles had in creased great ly by
the be gin ning of the twen ti eth cen tu ry.
Especially dur ing the last 20 to 30 years, this in crease has reached
sig nif i cant to tals. By 2001, the num ber of ref u gees reached 23 mil lion
while the num ber of peo ple who had aban doned their homes was about
30 mil lion.

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