Bibi Netanyahu's May 1st comments about Iran touch upon a key point of the Muslim faith that few non-Muslims understand or even want to believe. According to Islam, Muslims don't have to tell non-Muslims the truth. They don't have to tell them the truth about anything that, in their view, threatens Islam. This concept is called "Taqqiya", and it's the "elephant in the room" that the Obama Administration refused to recognize when it, with the compliance of Sen. John McCain, Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made that past deal with Iran.Loyalty oaths by Muslims in the American Armed Services or in the Diplomatic Corps need not be honored either, according to the Qu'ran.
One of the key differences between the Christian faith and that of Islam is that, while Christians certainly have been known to lie just as Muslims do, their faith teaches them not do so. On the other hand, the Islamic faith permits it, when dealing with non-Muslims. This puts in jeopardy everything from loyalty oaths to oaths of office to international diplomatic guarantees between nations.
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As you probably know, the iranian leaders are not ashamed to publicly express their desire to destroy Israel. But Iran is also lying to the world about its nuclear weapons program, which greatly compromises the nuclear deal. Here is the speech delivered by Netanyahu yesterday night, after an amazing operation when Mossad secretly retrieved iranian nuclear archives on a cold january night 3 months ago !
Wikipedia's sources are instructive for us, here, as it deals particularly with Shia Islam, the state religion of Iran.
qiya (تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah, literally "fear, caution")[1] is a form of Islamic dissimulation or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny their faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts while they are in fear or at risk of significant persecution.[2]
This practice is emphasized in Shia Islam, the official religion of Iran, whereby adherents are permitted to conceal their religion when under threat of persecution or compulsion.[3][4] However, it is also permitted in Sunni Islam under certain circumstances.[5][6]
Taqiyya was initially practiced under duress by some of Muhammad's companions.[7] Later, it became particularly important for Shias due to their experience as a persecuted religious minority.[4][8] According to Shia doctrine, taqiyya is permissible in situations where there is overwhelming danger of loss of life or property and where no danger to religion would occur thereby.[4] Taqiyya has also been politically legitimised, particularly among Twelver Shias, in order to maintain unity among Muslims and fraternity among the Shia clerics.[9][10]
Yarden Mariuma writes: "Taqiyya is an Islamic juridical term whose shifting meaning relates to when a Muslim is allowed, under Sharia law, to lie. A concept whose meaning has varied significantly among Islamic sects, scholars, countries, and political regimes, it nevertheless is one of the key terms used by recent anti-Muslim polemicists."[11]
The term taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah) is derived from the Arabic triliteral root wāw-qāf-yā, denoting "fear", or "prudence, guarding against (a danger)".[12] Term taqwa "piety" (lit. "fear [of God]") is from the same root.[13] The term is derived from the Quranic reference to religious dissimulation in Sura 3:28:
"Let not the believers take the unbelievers for protectors rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully (illā an tattaqū minhum tuqāt)."The two words tattaqū ("you fear") and tuqāt "in fear" are derived from this root, and the abstract noun taqiyyah refers to the general principle connected with the situation described here, first recorded in a Qur'anic gloss by Al-Bukhari (9th century).[14]
Regarding 3:28, Ibn Kathir writes, "meaning, except those believers who in some areas or times fear for their safety from the disbelievers. In this case, such believers are allowed to show friendship to the disbelievers outwardly, but never inwardly." He quotes Muhammad's companion, Abu Ad-Darda', who said "we smile in the face of some people although our hearts curse them," and Al-Hasan who said "the Tuqyah is acceptable till the Day of Resurrection."[15]
A similar instance of the Qur'an permitting dissimulation under compulsion is found in Sura 16:106.[16] Sunni and Shia commentators alike observe that verse 16:106 refers to the case of 'Ammar b. Yasir, who was forced to renounce his beliefs under physical duress and torture.[17] The term for the related concept of kitman "secrecy, concealment" is derived from a root kāf-tā-mīm (ك ت م) "conceal".[18] The two terms taqiyyah and kitman may be used synonymously, although the former has the more inclusive meaning of "dissimulation" in general, while the later refers to the "concealment" of one's convictions by silence or omission.[17]
Bibi Netanyahu's May 1st comments about Iran touch upon a key point of the Muslim faith that few non-Muslims understand or even want to believe. According to Islam, Muslims don't have to tell non-Muslims the truth. They don't have to tell them the truth about anything that, in their view, threatens Islam. This concept is called "Taqqiya", and it's the "elephant in the room" that the Obama Administration refused to recognize when it, with the compliance of Sen. John McCain, Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made that past deal with Iran.Loyalty oaths by Muslims in the American Armed Services or in the Diplomatic Corps need not be honored either, according to the Qu'ran.
One of the key differences between the Christian faith and that of Islam is that, while Christians certainly have been known to lie just as Muslims do, their faith teaches them not do so. On the other hand, the Islamic faith permits it, when dealing with non-Muslims. This puts in jeopardy everything from loyalty oaths to oaths of office to international diplomatic guarantees between nations.
Click on this link. or paste into your browser.. (original was released May 1st)
As you probably know, the iranian leaders are not ashamed to publicly express their desire to destroy Israel. But Iran is also lying to the world about its nuclear weapons program, which greatly compromises the nuclear deal. Here is the speech delivered by Netanyahu yesterday night, after an amazing operation when Mossad secretly retrieved iranian nuclear archives on a cold january night 3 months ago !
Wikipedia's sources are instructive for us, here, as it deals particularly with Shia Islam, the state religion of Iran.
qiya (تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah, literally "fear, caution")[1] is a form of Islamic dissimulation or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny their faith or commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts while they are in fear or at risk of significant persecution.[2]
This practice is emphasized in Shia Islam, the official religion of Iran, whereby adherents are permitted to conceal their religion when under threat of persecution or compulsion.[3][4] However, it is also permitted in Sunni Islam under certain circumstances.[5][6]
Taqiyya was initially practiced under duress by some of Muhammad's companions.[7] Later, it became particularly important for Shias due to their experience as a persecuted religious minority.[4][8] According to Shia doctrine, taqiyya is permissible in situations where there is overwhelming danger of loss of life or property and where no danger to religion would occur thereby.[4] Taqiyya has also been politically legitimised, particularly among Twelver Shias, in order to maintain unity among Muslims and fraternity among the Shia clerics.[9][10]
Yarden Mariuma writes: "Taqiyya is an Islamic juridical term whose shifting meaning relates to when a Muslim is allowed, under Sharia law, to lie. A concept whose meaning has varied significantly among Islamic sects, scholars, countries, and political regimes, it nevertheless is one of the key terms used by recent anti-Muslim polemicists."[11]
The term taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah) is derived from the Arabic triliteral root wāw-qāf-yā, denoting "fear", or "prudence, guarding against (a danger)".[12] Term taqwa "piety" (lit. "fear [of God]") is from the same root.[13] The term is derived from the Quranic reference to religious dissimulation in Sura 3:28:
"Let not the believers take the unbelievers for protectors rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully (illā an tattaqū minhum tuqāt)."The two words tattaqū ("you fear") and tuqāt "in fear" are derived from this root, and the abstract noun taqiyyah refers to the general principle connected with the situation described here, first recorded in a Qur'anic gloss by Al-Bukhari (9th century).[14]
Regarding 3:28, Ibn Kathir writes, "meaning, except those believers who in some areas or times fear for their safety from the disbelievers. In this case, such believers are allowed to show friendship to the disbelievers outwardly, but never inwardly." He quotes Muhammad's companion, Abu Ad-Darda', who said "we smile in the face of some people although our hearts curse them," and Al-Hasan who said "the Tuqyah is acceptable till the Day of Resurrection."[15]
A similar instance of the Qur'an permitting dissimulation under compulsion is found in Sura 16:106.[16] Sunni and Shia commentators alike observe that verse 16:106 refers to the case of 'Ammar b. Yasir, who was forced to renounce his beliefs under physical duress and torture.[17] The term for the related concept of kitman "secrecy, concealment" is derived from a root kāf-tā-mīm (ك ت م) "conceal".[18] The two terms taqiyyah and kitman may be used synonymously, although the former has the more inclusive meaning of "dissimulation" in general, while the later refers to the "concealment" of one's convictions by silence or omission.[17]
