“Deviated Mahdism Movements” are among the great and thought-arousing questions in the field of Mahdism studies. Despite a widespread approach to the issue of Mahdism deviations, there is little research into the deceitful tricks (strategies) of these movements. Recognizing these movements and how to deal with them and institutionalize a preventive and immunizing approach are among the necessary issues to be addressed in this regard. Additionally, we can prevent the negative religious outcomes such as sectarianism, the dissipation of the capacity of the Shiite society, and the destruction of the salvationist thought of Mahdism.
Analyzing the tricks (strategies) of the claimants with the approach of deceiving people among the deviated Mahdism movements in attracting the audience is the main issue of this paper which has been carried out with a descriptive-analytic approach in the contemporary history (about 1789 AD and above). According to the available documentation, this trick has been done in the form of abusing religious sanctities, such as prayer writing, humble written request, sortes, and reference to the unproven things such as miracle, dream, and also relativization, nicknames and promotion of escapism.

The appearance of the promised savior is underlined and endorsed by all Islamic religions and many traditions in Shia and Sunni books have pointed to the events of the Apocalypse and the time of the advent. The false claimants, whether in Mahdism’s clothing or in the renewed clothing of the time, have resorted to the “interpretation” of the apocalyptic concepts in religious texts. Considering the confirmation of correct interpretation by many scholars of the two sects, we can achieve a common strategy in order to deny interpretationism in confrontation with the Mahdism’s misled flows. This article, written with a descriptive-analytic method, has drawn a common strategy in confronting the interpretationism of Mahdism’s misled flows, considering the position of interpretation in Islamic culture. The results show that the common strategy of the two sects include the programs and actions which require the following: presenting a correct view of the interpretation by explaining the criteria and the correct realms of interpretation, pathology of the distortions of Mahdism’s narrations, drawing the un-interpretable components of this teaching and referring the allegorical narrations to explicit ones.

Undoubtedly, the currents, like the movements that have taken shape in society based on specific criteria and entail transformations, have foundations that their examination and analysis significantly aid us in their critique and analysis. One of the phenomena that, in the transmission of narratives related to the concept of the Mahdi, has in some instances led to the emergence and proliferation of deviant currents is the "condition, distortion and misinterpretation". In this paper, the role of these three in the formation and continuation of deviant currents of messianism during the era of the presence of the Imams has been examined. In the forthcoming research, after representing these factors in the narrations of Mahdism, solutions related to enlightening about unpleasant events in the history of narrations during the presence of the Imams have been examined and the changes that have taken place have been analyzed in a concise manner through the historical-hadith approach. Although determining the extent of the role of these three in bringing about and perpetuating deviant currents poses a considerable challenge, investigations bear clear testimony to this fundamental principle that the foundations of deviation can be traced back to the distortion of the teachings of the infallible. Based on the findings of this research, alongside social, political, and personality factors in the emergence and perpetuation of deviant trends, "condition," "distortion," and "interpretation" have played a pivotal and fundamental role in the transmission of narratives.

The advertising model of deviant Mahdism movements is a well-organized and geometric system that can be recognized as a "multifaceted process of thought conversion." Perceiving the advertising patterns of such movements provides the opportunities to have a better understanding of the relationships and interactions of their promoters with the contexts and backgrounds of their audience, and reveal the underlying causes that may be difficult for non-specialists to grasp. The results of this research can assist the institutions confronting such movements to benefit from this understanding in their strategic orientations and interactions, gaining a picture of both the apparent and the hidden aspects of these movements. This study employs Lewis Rambo’s seven-faceted method from his book "Understanding Religious Conversion" to investigate the advertising strategies of such deviant Messianic movements, which include: 1. Context, 2. Crisis, 3. Search, 4. Encounter, 5. Interaction, 6. Commitment, 7. Results. This paper, using a descriptive-analytical method, aims to answer how thought conversion occurs through these seven promotional stages, and the key outcome of this research is the comparison of the thought conversion methods in deviant Mahdism movements with the methods of conversion of religion in religions.

Investigating the deviational movements of Mahdaviat is one of the thought-provoking questions in the field of Mahdaviat. studies. In spite of pervasive approach towards the issue of deviations in Mahdaviat, little research has been carried out around the grounds of inclination towards these movements. The inspections of this paper are an introduction to answer this question that what the epistemological grounds of accepting the claims of false claimants of Mahdaviat are in the contemporary Iran. Recognizing these grounds and attempting to remove the existent gaps paving the ground for these movements are among the reasons of addressing this issue. Moreover, one can prevent the unlimited number of negative belief outcomes such as sectarism, squandering the capacities of the Shiite community and destruction of the liberating thought of Mahdaviat. the following paper is carried out with a descriptive-analytic method, reciting the written and unwritten sources such as voice and video files and court cases to seek the epistemological grounds. The result of data analysis and composition reveals that “citation of weak sources”, “superficiality”, “extreme Akhbarism", "comparisonism" and "superstition" are effective in creating grounds for attracting claimants.

The existing capacities in the Mahdism teachings can be efficient and effective in order to create an Islamic civilization. The deviant movements, with various tricks, seek to gradually change and distort the teachings of Mahdism by influencing the contexts of these teachings. Sometimes through scientific-cultural means, such as forging and distorting the clientship teachings, and sometimes through social means such as creating chaos and conflict under the name of Shiites and Mahdism. In this paper, with a descriptive0analytic method, and by using the results of library and field research on the subject matter of deviant movements, we investigate some of the common and effective strategies of infiltration graphically. Some of the results of research on the consequences of infiltration strategies of the deviant movements are as follows: infiltrating with various psychological, sociological means and making personality changes in people and employing them with seemingly Mahdavi missions, in order to achieve macro-deviant goals, creating despair and social rifts, transforming seeking justice into oppression and violence and monopoly and denying the unifying components of representation and vicegerency to achieve sectarian goals.

"Security and social cohesion" is one of the components that leads to the development and growth of material and spiritual aspects of society, ensuring collective life and existence. Religious beliefs and teachings, especially belief in the Mahdism, can, if properly explained, strengthen the religious spirit and hope for a bright future, promoting the convergence of people and consequently contributing to security in societies based on monotheistic ideologies, particularly in Iran where the majority are Shia Muslims who believe in the Mahdi. On the other hand, if this ideology is distorted and its position undermined by factions and deviant movements, and with the community leaning towards them, it can act in the opposite direction leading to fragmentation in society, ultimately resulting in security and social threats. This article, gathered through 'descriptive-analytical' method and information collection in a 'library-like' approach using the Internet space, focuses on examining the security and social threats of the inclination towards the Mansour Hashemi Khorasani movement. Research findings indicate that the harms of leaning towards the Hashemi Khorasani movement in the social sphere include: undermining religious beliefs, disrupting social order, destroying the institution of family, and promoting violence in society

The belief in a savior [that will come at the end of time and save humanity] and its prominent place [in the teachings of religion] has led many sects to interpret the teachings concerning this subject [in an incorrect manner] and to present interpretations of this verity that are harmonious with the content of their own perverse schools of thought. By such interpretations such schools of thought sought to convince those individuals who had a firm belief in the Mahdi (a) that they were rightly guided and thereby gain their assistance. This research project is a description and analysis of the actions of such perverse religious sects with respect to the teachings regarding the Mahdi (a). It has been deduced that such interpretations are not limited to the actual teaching concerning the existence of the Mahdi (a); rather, they also include his distinctions as well. Sometimes, such interpretations present a new type of ‘Mahdi’ and at other times it leads to the belief in a multiplicity of ‘Mahdis’. What is more, some interpretations – in effect – end up negating the very existence of the Mahdi (a) itself with the manifestation of his representative. Very often, such individuals interpreted the distinctions of the Mahdi (a), the place of his re-appearance, the ‘justice’ that he will implement, his victory and even the individuals who will assist him for their own advantage

Mahdism is one of the most important Islamic and Shiite teachings that has the capacity to create unity, cohesion and security in domestic and international dimensions, and the Islamic revolution is based on the theological foundation and rulings of Mahdavi, deviant movements and sects try to distort these teachings and culture in various ways based on it, they take the intellectual and practical power of the youth to serve their fake goals; sometimes in a soft way through falsification and creating deviations in the security defense culture of Mahdism, and sometimes in a hard way by creating violence and disturbance and conflict in the name of Shiism and Mahdism; In addition to distorting this sublime culture, these activities can create many anti-security issues, and the future course of these sects also shows discord, conflict and destruction, whose driving force is human power, especially the youth. Therefore, the main issue is what are the current and future challenges of sects and deviant movements, especially in opposition to the religious authority? This research is done with a descriptive and analytical review of the written sources and the results of the Mahdavi center's field research, and finally the result is that in the face of the challenges, it is possible to use the rich Mahdavi culture, proper education and research in the field of sects, as well as precise and documented planning and their implementation. Immunity was created against these threats and young people were justified and protected in intellectual and practical terms.

Using “interpretation” is one of the most prominent techniques of the misled flaws in the subject of Mahdism; because the interpretation opens the way for abusing the religious texts in order to justify their sectarian beliefs; so that they can beautify themselves for the believers and show their legitimacy to others. Recognizing the characteristics and the indicators of the misinterpretation in the misled sects of Mahdism eliminates their field of activity and reduces the damages these sects do (to believers). Therefore, this research, by using a descriptive-analytic method, investigates the indicators and characteristics of the misinterpretations of these misled sects. Some of these features are such as the use of similar and weak texts related to the misinterpreted texts and some others are such as the features of the method of misinterpretation such as forgery and distortion in the sects. In the other category, the functional features of the interpreter such as taste-centralism, opposition to the theologian’s institution, the presentation of the gradual claims in the form of the interpretation are placed and ultimately, the advertising features of the misinterpretation, such as preparation of the desired atmosphere of the appearance days are mentioned.