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| Spencer blogs koran: 3:1-32 Taqiyya |
| 2007-07-24 |
| Full list blogged here Exceprt: Verses 28-32 is mainly concerned with warnings of AllahÂ’s judgment, but v. 28 warns believers not to take unbelievers as “friends or helpers” (َأَوْلِيَا — a word that means more than casual friendship, but something like alliance), “unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them.” This is a foundation of the idea that believers may legitimately deceive unbelievers when under pressure. The word used for “guard” in the Arabic is tuqātan (تُقَاةً), the verbal noun from taqiyyatan — hence the increasingly familiar term taqiyya. Ibn Kathir says that the phrase Pickthall renders as “unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them” means that “believers who in some areas or times fear for their safety from the disbelievers” may “show friendship to the disbelievers outwardly, but never inwardly. For instance, Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Ad-DardaÂ’ said, ‘We smile in the face of some people although our hearts curse them.Â’ Al-Bukhari said that Al-Hasan said, ‘The Tuqyah [taqiyya] is allowed until the Day of Resurrection.” While many Muslim spokesmen today maintain that taqiyya is solely a ShiÂ’ite doctrine, shunned by Sunnis, the great Islamic scholar Ignaz Goldziher points out that while it was formulated by ShiÂ’ites, “it is accepted as legitimate by other Muslims as well, on the authority of QurÂ’an 3:28.” The Sunnis of Al-Qaeda practice it today. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 So, in a nutshell, the Koran outright Tells them to bear false witness. So interesting that I have refrained from the rest of the list that I found... for the short term. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-07-24 17:14 |
| #3 Sooner or later the leaders of all other religions must band together and denouce taqiyya for the being the ultimate ethical and moral crime that it is. If there is a God, taqiyya is truly a most egregious crime against Him. It occurs to me that Islam's santification of such moral trespassing is what makes it a cult. No true religion is allowed to absolve its own followers of what it would condemn or punish in others. Rest assured that any dhimmi would surely incur the wrath of a Muslim for dissembling or prevaricating. Yet, somehow it is permissible for a Muslim to do so without a second thought. Even if Islam were to renounce terrorism and end the practice of abject gender apartheid, taqiyya would still invalidate its moral base. That Western leaders continue to ignore this fundamental and fatal character flaw residing within Islam's core is a philosphical betrayal of our values. The time has come to end all recognition of Islam as a religion. No True Faith can be so lopsided in its treatment of others—not to mention its own women followers—and deserve the least bit of respect from civilized society. This sham has gone on for far too long and must end immediately. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-24 15:10 |
| #2 Whoever they can't recruit, Muslims kill or oppress. Christians dissassociate from non-believers. Matthew 7:6 (from the sermon on the mount,) "Do not give what is holy to dogs, or your pearls to swine, lest they may never trample them under your feet, and turn around and rend you." (KJV) I am an atheist, and Christian friends only ask that I keep my views to myself. Good idea. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-07-24 14:01 |
| #1 Spencer knows his stuff. For all practical purposes, all english language summaries of the Koran done before the past few years had been done by Islamic apologists or by people who only accepted Islamic apologists as primary sources. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-07-24 12:32 |