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Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by johnny:
The koran says that it's okay for a muslim to lie against, or steal from infidels, so he could just as easily be welcomed back as the clever hero who deceived the great satan, and rejoin the jihad as a shining example for the other mujahedeen. That's why i say releasing Hicks is no option, making him disapear seems the best option.
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Whenever I quote from the Bible or Qu'ran I include the reference numbers so that people can crossreferece themselves if they see the need. You can't just put words into Muslims mouths and misrepresent them. Show the Sura numbers or retract. [/QUOTE]Johnny won't - but I will. Repeated from an earlier post.
The word for it in Arabic is Al-Taqiyya.
"Concealing or disguising one's
beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a
time of eminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from
physical and/or mental injury." A one-word translation would be
"Dissimulation."
Shi'as justify the practice using the following verse from the Qur'an:
"[Yusufali 16:106]Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith, but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty."
And the following
"[Shakir 3:28] Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends (awliyaa) rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard (tattaqoo) yourselves against them, guarding carefully (tuqatan); and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming."
According to Shi'a interpretation of these verses, 3:28 is telling that believers should not take unbelievers as Walis rather than believers; those who do it will lose the wilayat (5:55) of God, that is unless they are using taqiya/protecting themselves, and doing so with caution.
On the other hand, most Sunnis generally assert that the Shi'a doctrine of taqiyya isn't in accordance with its acceptable use (to save one's life). They assert that Shi'as have been using taqiyya as a tool of deception, not to save their own lives, but to cause strife for the Sunni Calipha (which was resented by Shi'as) and to legitimize their own minority faith in the eyes of a majority by whom it is constantly surrounded.