Ahmed al-Hasan
Ahmed al-Hasan احمد الحسن | |
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This is the last known photograph of Ahmed al-Hasan before his disappearance in 2007 | |
| Born | Ahmed bin Ismail احمد إسماعيل 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Disappeared | 2007 Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Known for | Claiming to be the Yamani and the door of Muhammad al-Mahdi |
| Movement | Ansar of Imam al-Mahdi |
| Website | almahdyoon |
Ahmed al-Hasan (Arabic: أحمد الحسن, romanized: ʾAḥmad al-Ḥasan) 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.
Ahmed al-Hasan, who was born in Iraq, started his call in 1999 and began a public "religious call" in 2002. He has an official office in Najaf. He speaks himself free from the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.