(October 4, 2014 at 5:34 pm)lifesagift Wrote: What are peoples' thoughts? Taqiyya is the notion in islam that it's ok to lie in order to promote Islamic values.
So we have jihadis, and extreme muslims, and then hardliners.... but taqiyya is written in the quran, so how far can we believe the "moderates"? Are they toeing the party line? or are they truly moderate in a western sense?
You can't blame me for asking, because Islam itself has a built in lying system... and I don't want to be lied to !
If you don't want to be lied to, don't talk to Muslims. Or Christians. Or Atheists, Buddhist, Wiccans, Zoroastrians, Jews, Agnostics, plumbers, politicians, greengrocers, carpenters, surgeons, taxidermists, musicians, carpet installers, solicitors, rugby players, sailors, fishermen, rope-makers, managing directors, filmmakers, apple pickers, vintners, beekeepers, morticians, engineers, calligraphers, lighthouse keepers, geneticists, street cleaners, stage magicians, bricklayers...
You get the point.
'It doesn't matter what it's about -
'Sex or cars or fishing for trout.
'The meaning of love or the way gold glistens -
'Everyone lies, but nobody listens.' - David Gerrold
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
