What will happen in the Middle East before Mahdi becomes visible

ADNAN OKTAR: There is no terror or violence in Islam. They are just making it up. The Quranic verses that I read - I read five verses - those verses make it very clear that there is no coercion or violence in Islam. The only thing that is allowed is defending yourself. All of the verses they present [for their argument] are verses referring to self-defense. And they specifically refer to the battles of that time. They are verses telling Muslims to defend themselves during the battles of that time. So they should stop this vain attempt. Islam is being portrayed wrongly and bigotry is spreading. Radicals, the more they are attacked, the more violent they get. As the violence escalates,  others attack the radicals even more fiercely, turning this into a vicious cycle. This was actually revealed in the hadiths. In other words, it is not developing in a random fashion. It is developing according to  destiny. Things will escalate. Even Mahdi cannot stop it now. If he became visib