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the Zionist state of Israel. According to the most pessimistic opinions, the. Jewish population of Zionist Israel easily exceeds 3 million 21 and the city of Tel Aviv where the Messiah is expected to eventually annihilate the. Dajaal and defeat its army 22 boosts a Jewish population three times higher 23 than the entire Jewish following of the Dajaal. . One also has to consider that, according to these Traditions attributed to the Holy Prophet of Islam, the Messiah is to begin pursuing the Dajaal from Damascus through the slopes of Afiq, down to Lydda. 24 One anti. Ahmadiyya author draws a very clear picture of the Messiah's battles with the Dajaal and states that after the Messiah has descended at. Damascus, the following morning, he would lead the forces of the Mahdi out of Damascus and will pursue the Dajaal who: 'upon seeing Jesus would start melting (with fear) and will flee back ocross [sic] the Golan Heights. His army will retreat back to the shores of Aphek, the valley where the Jordan River rises from Lake Tubariyya. . This place has been called Armageddon in the Bible. The entire army of the Dadjdjal will perish here!. . . . The Dajdjal and his few followers who escape the great killing will all be captured one by one and killed within 40 days thereafter by the army of Saints with the Mahdi. Jesus will capture and kill the Masih Al Dadjdjal, the false prophet, at Lod (now known as Lydda), the Airport at Tel Aviv. ' 25. Nowhere in either this depiction of the great slaughter of the Jews or any other such depiction by the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community is there a suggestion that the Messiah would pursue the. Dajaal and his army outside these very restricted borders of Syria,. Jordon and Zionist Israel. Hence if there is any substance in the assertion that the Messiah will physically annihilate the Jews, then the Jews that will be annihilated at his hands would be restricted within the borders of this area where the Messiah would pursue the Dajaal – that is between. Damascus and Lod or Lyyda, the airport at Tel Aviv. 21. Information Service, Israel Embassy, London 22. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 69 23. Information Service, Israel Embassy, London 24. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 69 25. Kasim, H. M: Muslim Digest. May/June, 1987: pp 202/203 257