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