The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #30, May 2015 | Page 19

The Black Banners vs The White Banners By Laila Ali Recently there has been a massive amount of controversy regarding the emergence of “The Black Banners”, a group of individuals that support a Yamani (a.s) figure, namely Ahmad al Hassan (a.s), however refuse to recognise scholars in which run the headquarters in Iraq. This group believes entirely in the divine appointment of the Yamani (a.s) and no other fallible representation, in fact they go as far as to say the scholars who have been answering emailed questions and books that have been released have been forged