Bonus Sample: The New Age Muslim Apocalyptic Prophet

Summary

Conspirituality — Bonus Sample: The New Age Muslim Apocalyptic Prophet

Date: March 23, 2026
Host: Julian Walker (with context on Derek Beres and Matthew Remski)
Guest Subject: Abdullah Hashem (a.k.a. Abba al Sadiq)

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Episode Overview

In this bonus episode, Conspirituality investigates Abdullah Hashem—an American-born, self-proclaimed Muslim messianic figure—whose fusion of Twelver Shia Islam, New Age spirituality, and conspiratorial thinking has attracted a devoted following. Blending apocalyptic prophecy, psychedelic teachings, and UFO lore, Hashem’s growing influence highlights the accelerating collision between conspiracy culture and spiritual extremism. Host Julian Walker offers a critical, investigative look at Hashem’s background, core beliefs, and controversial practices, exploring how an obscure figure from Indiana leveraged cult tactics and current Middle Eastern conflicts to craft a new apocalyptic mythos.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Abdullah Hashem: Self-Presentation and Early Claims

• Prophet with No Home:
  • Abdullah frames himself as a wandering, dispossessed “king who has been dethroned,” echoing ascetic and prophetic archetypes.
  • Quote:
    • “If you want to be a follower of me, the divinely appointed caliph, know that I am. I don't have a home. I am a king who has been dethroned. I don't have a state. This whole earth was given to me by my father.” (Abdullah Hashem, 00:08)
  • He urges followers to forsake material stability: “You can't be a person who has homes like they do and enjoy the state of the devil and at the same time also enjoy the kingdom of God or the divine just state.” (00:34)

Hashem’s New Age Conspirituality Mash-Up

• Julian’s “Heads Up”: (00:42)

  • Abdullah merges Twelver Shia doctrine (dominant in Iran) with New Age and conspiracy content:
    • Illuminati.
    • UFOs as vessels for “interdimensional spirits made from smokeless fire.”
    • Concepts from reincarnation and the soul world to bizarre cosmologies (e.g., “giant rabbits keep humans as pets”).
    • Endorsement of psychedelic drugs for spiritual access.
  • He positions himself at the center of End Times prophecy. Followers undergo blood-oath initiations, surrender assets, and their blood is kept in a “replica of the Ark of the Covenant.”
  • Julian links these practices to cultic exploitation: “With the stakes this high, many of his followers sell their houses and then give him the money, and they enact a blood oath initiation ritual to show their loyalty. The blood is then apparently saved in a sacred vessel and kept in a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.” (01:38)

• Real-World Context and Prophetic Opportunism:

  • Hashem incorporates current Middle Eastern conflicts (Gulf States, Iran, US/Israeli wars) into his apocalyptic vision, presenting himself as the divinely guided response amid chaos.
  • “This heretic of Twelver Shia Islam is folding current events into his own End Times prophecy and broadcasting live lectures about it to his passionate inner circle.” (02:41)
  • Broadcast reach includes satellite TV and multilingual social media, extending his cult’s global influence.

Hashem’s Path to Self-Deification

• From Raelian Exposé to Self-Proclaimed Mahdi:
  • Julian provides Hashem’s biographical sketch:
    • Born in Indiana to an American mother and Egyptian father.
    • Early 20s: Interested in—and ultimately exposed—the Raelian UFO cult (led by Claude Vorion a.k.a. Rael).
    • TV Interview Segment:
      • Hashem and collaborator Joseph McGowan produced a documentary critical of Raelism.
      • “Well, Angela, I'm a weird guy myself and I'm interested in weird things. So yeah, we actually worked on a documentary before about a Yeti hunter who hunts Bigfoot. So we decided that the next step would be the UFO cult.” (Joseph McGowan, 06:06)
    • Sued by Raelians, they moved on to debunking other fringe leaders, yet Hashem starts producing his own mystical content.
    • The pivot comes with “The Arrivals”—an eight-hour documentary in which Hashem shifts from skeptic to “full conspiritualist” and, ultimately, to messianic claimant, relocating to Egypt to step into the prophetic role of the Mahdi.
    • “It would lead to him moving to Egypt and then eventually locating himself within Islamic prophecy as a messianic figure called the Mahdi.” (07:08)

Twelver Shia Islam: A Brief Orientation

• Julian situates Twelver Shia—the dominant Iranian sect—as the mythological wellspring for Hashem’s claims and apocalyptic framework.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Abdullah Hashem on his calling:
  • “I tell the truth, and I'm the father of truth. I'm absolutely sent from the heavens. And I was sent forward to the Muslims by Imam Al Mahdi, sent forward to the Christians by Jesus. And we have them with us in this call for the Jews. We have with us the prophets and the messengers and the angels.” (Abdullah Hashem, 03:49)
• Julian’s deadpan summary of Hashem’s cosmology:
  • “Some of his decidedly New Age discourses tell of reincarnation, the soul world, and a planet where giant rabbits keep humans as pets. No surprise then, that he endorses psychedelic drugs as a gateway to spiritual knowledge.” (Julian Walker, 01:10)
• On cult tactics and exploitation:
  • “With the stakes this high, many of his followers sell their houses and then give him the money, and they enact a blood oath initiation ritual to show their loyalty.” (Julian Walker, 01:37)
• On the journey from cult exposer to cult leader:
  • “But then after that [debunking UFO cults] came an eight hour documentary called The Arrivals, during the making of which Hashem appears to have gone full conspiritualist.” (Julian Walker, 06:53)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• 00:08 — Abdullah Hashem introduces himself as a divinely-appointed, homeless prophet.
• 00:42–02:52 — Julian Walker details Hashem’s beliefs, cult practices, and integration of world events into apocalyptic prophecy.
• 03:49 — Hashem claims divine relationships with Muslim, Christian, and Jewish spiritual figures.
• 04:09–06:46 — Background: Hashem’s Indiana roots, infiltration of the Raelian cult, and transition to self-declared Mahdi.
• 06:46–07:18 — Shift from fringe-cult exposer (through documentaries) to self-messianic leader and conspiritualist.

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Tone and Style

Julian’s narrative maintains a skeptical, investigative, and at times darkly humorous tone, dissecting Hashem’s grandiose claims and cultic manipulations with critical clarity:

• “Okay, so here we go. I'm sure you've noticed that the world is horribly complicated right now...” (Julian Walker, 02:25)
• The show’s mission resonates throughout: “We investigate the intersections of conspiracy theories and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience and authoritarian extremism.”

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Summary

This episode of Conspirituality dissects the rise of Abdullah Hashem—a uniquely hybrid New Age/Islamic apocalyptic figure—translating his background from cult exposer to cult leader. Through careful research, Julian Walker exposes the dynamics of exploitation, spiritual grandiosity, and the interplay between global events and religious conspiracy, offering listeners a compelling case study in the dangers of cultic syncretism in a digitally interconnected world.

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For Further Listening

Listeners interested in Hashem’s full story or other case studies can access the full bonus episode on Patreon or Apple subscriptions.

Transcript

[Abdullah Hashem]

The animals are the ones that have homes.

[Listener/Interjector]

Oh my gosh.

[Abdullah Hashem]

The human beings don't have homes. If you want to be a follower of me, the divinely appointed caliph, know that I am. I don't have a home. I am a king who has been dethroned. I don't have a state. This whole earth was given to me by my father. You can't be a person who has homes like they do and enjoy the state of the devil and at the same time also enjoy the kingdom of God or the divine just state.

[Julian Walker]

Heads up, everyone. A new savior just dropped in an unusual wrinkle, though this one identifies as a Muslim, he grew up in the US and now lives in the north of England, where he blends Twelver Shia Islam, which is the sect that has dominated Iran in an authoritarian theocracy for the last 47 years, with conspiracy theories about the Illuminati and how UFOs carry interdimensional spirits made from smokeless fire with the free will to be good or evil. Some of his decidedly New Age discourses tell of reincarnation, the soul world, and a planet where giant rabbits keep humans as pets. No surprise then, that he endorses psychedelic drugs as a gateway to spiritual knowledge. But it's not all Lewis Carroll and the X Files. Abdullah Hashem also teaches an End Times prophecy in which he is the central figure sent to guide humanity. With the stakes this high, many of his followers sell their houses and then give him the money, and they enact a blood oath initiation ritual to show their loyalty. The blood is then apparently saved in a sacred vessel and kept in a replica of the Ark of the Covenant. Okay, so here we go. I'm sure you've noticed that the world is horribly complicated right now as the Gulf States gear up their response to Iran's attacks and Israel and America continue their controversial and illegal war against the irgc, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the dictatorial regime that an overwhelming majority of the terrified population want removed, this heretic of Twelver Shia Islam is folding current events into his own End Times prophecy and broadcasting live lectures about it to his passionate inner circle. From a grandiose and ominously lit compound in England to the world via two satellite TV channels and popular social media accounts in five different languages. So who is this man? And what even is Twelver Shia Islam? And how did a kid from Indiana end up declaring himself a prophesied messianic End Times figure? There's a lot to unpack. On that note, welcome to Conspirituality, where We investigate the intersections of conspiracy theories and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience and authoritarian extremism. I'm Julian Walker. You are listening to a bonus episode, and if you're not yet a supporter, you can Join for just $5 a month at patreon.com conspirituality for access to our entire archive of bonus episodes and then to also listen to all episodes ad free and connect with us and our community in lively discussions in the comments there on Patreon. But if you'd rather just get our bonus episodes right in your feed, you can instead join through Apple subscriptions for the same $5.

[Abdullah Hashem]

I tell the truth, and I'm the father of truth. I'm absolutely sent from the heavens. And I was sent forward to the Muslims by Imam Al Mahdi, sent forward to the Christians by Jesus. And we have them with us in this call for the Jews. We have with us the prophets and the messengers and the angels.

[Julian Walker]

So that's Abdullah Hashem Abba al Sadiq, born in Indiana of an American mother and Egyptian father. In 2005, when he was around 22, he and a friend became interested in the Raelians. Remember them? I've covered them in depth here before. This is that UFO cult led by Frenchman Claude Vorion, who claimed to have had encounters with extraterrestrials in 1973, and that they'd given him a mission to prepare humanity for their eventual return, to transform us. He claimed that our origins were in the stars and that all prophets had been sent by a group of enlightened and technologically advanced aliens called the Eloim, and that aboard their spaceship he had met Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and the Buddha. You know, the standard stuff. He taught that the Elohim were super feminine and so women are actually more spiritual than men. Men should strive to become more feminine. And also that our evolved state was one of free love and pansexuality as a panacea for our violent impulses. Now, Hashem and his friend Joseph McGowan actually infiltrated the Raelian cult and created this derogatory expose documentary film about it. And this led to lawsuits from the Raelians. Here they are in the one TV interview they did around the documentary.

[TV Interviewer (Angela)]

Joni, thanks. He grabbed headlines a few years ago claiming he had produced the first human clone. Remember the stories of Clonade and a man named Rael? Two Indiana filmmakers will premiere a documentary tonight about the man and the Raelian revolution. Abdullah Hashem and Joseph McGowan join us this morning to tell us why and how they got inside this so called sex cult. First of all, again, why. Why did you have a desire to do a documentary and how did you get inside this cult?

[Joseph McGowan]

Well, Angela, I'm a weird guy myself and I'm interested in weird things. So yeah, we actually worked on a documentary before about a Yeti hunter who hunts Bigfoot. So we decided that the next step would be the UFO cult.

[TV Interviewer (Angela)]

What did you guys find when you got inside? I think we have some of the documentaries from the of the film that you guys again are premiering tonight. What was it like? Was it what you expected?

[Joseph McGowan]

It was, it was very strange. It was. It was a lot stranger than I expected because I've never been in an environment like that before but. But it's definitely an experience I wouldn't take back either.

[Julian Walker]

Now this film was never really widely distributed and they did get into a lot of cumbersome lawsuits from the Raelians after this project. The pair another film debunking and ridiculing a black Hebrew Israelite leader who claimed to be able to summon UFOs at will. But then after that came an eight hour documentary called the Arrivals, during the making of which Hashem appears to have gone full conspiritualist. It would lead to him moving to Egypt and then eventually locating himself within Islamic prophecy as a messianic figure called the Mahdi.

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