The Mahdi is an invention of Islamic scholars, cribbed from a 7th century apocryphal Christian book called The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius.
Cris Putnam, co-author of The Final Roman Emperor, the Islamic Antichrist, and the Vatican's Last Crusade -- and the newest member of the SkyWatchTV staff -- discusses what Muslims are looking for in the end times and how it may affect us.