Man claims to be the world's saviour [video]

Muslim worshippers abruptly ended their prayers at a mosque in Saudi Arabia and joined hands to overpower a man screaming and claiming to be the world’s savior.

A YouTube film published in 'Ajel' Arabic language daily showed several men at the mosque in the capital Riyadh assaulted the man after he tried to disrupt the evening prayers by screaming and claiming to be Al Medhi Al Montathar (the Chosen Imam Al-Mehdi). The film showed the man tried to hit back before he was overpowered.

'Ajel'' said the man was arrested after assaulting the mosque’s Imam (preacher) and trying to enter the women’s section at the mosque.

Muslims believe Imam Al Mehdi, dubbed “the ultimate savior of mankind’ will eventually reappear as a great reformer who will destroy the beliefs of injustice and ignorance and fill this earth with fairness after it has been filled with injustice and oppression.

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