Sadiq Al-Mahdi

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sadiq al-Mahdi (Arabic: الصادق المهدي ) (also known as Sadiq Al Siddiq, born December 25, 1935, Al-Abasya, Omdurman, Sudan) is a Sudanese political and religious figure. He is head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a sufi sect that pledges allegiance to Muhammad Ahmad who claimed to be Islam's messianic saviour, or the Mahdi.