From our Vantage Point: The Signs of the Times Unfolding in the Middle East Today

Wissam Al-Salibi, from IMES, on the dispensationalist ‘prophecy industry’ and the way it misreads the signs of time in the Middle East. PLease read. This may save you from the conspiracy condition called ‘furor eschatologicum’.

The Institute of Middle East Studies

By Wissam al-Saliby

Earlier this year, I was flipping through the radio channels as I was driving from Houston to Dallas. I fell upon a talk show where, to my surprise, I heard the interviewee mentioning “Hezbollah and Iran.” I focused my attention on the conversation to better understand how our region’s politics are perceived