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« on: June 09, 2011, 09:19:54 am »

 

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This is for the purpose of clearing up a misunderstanding for whoever carries it.  Recently a non-Muslim American mentioned at Facebook about Taqiyya being a practice to spread Islam by speaking lies.  This was his understanding of taqiyya.  I don't know how he came to this conclusion .. maybe someone wrongly told him this.
 
To clear this totally wrong concept, let me mention that taqiyya does NOT mean spreading Islam by telling lies. Rather, it means the opposite. Taqiyya means to conceal one's beliefs when one is under threat of being persecuted .. just as several Muslims are perhaps keeping a low profile of their beliefs in America at present out of fear because of the growing Islamophobia in the country.
 
The Arabic term taqiyya (تقیة) means caution.
 
If a person is forced to renounce his or her beliefs under physical duress or torture or threat, then that person is not blameworthy. 

"Whoso disbelieveth in Allah after his belief - save him who is forced thereto and whose heart is still content with the Faith - but whoso findeth ease in disbelief: On them is wrath from Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom."  (16:106)  Surah Al-Nahl.

"Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.  (3:28)  Surah Al-Imraan.

The practice of taqiyya is mostly emphasized among Shiias whereby a person can conceal their beliefs if they are facing the threat of persecution.  As a minority Muslim sect under the dominance of Sunni Muslims, the Shiias are more often at the receiving end, targetted by discrimination and violence.   Thus, they often need to protect themselves through prudence and caution.  So, for Shiia Muslims, taqiyya is to conceal their association with their beliefs if revealing it would result in danger.

Taqiyya being a rational practice is allowed in the Quran, yet the Sunnis do not clearly acknowledge its legality, the reason being none else but to simply oppose the Shiia jurisprudence.  Instead the Sunnis adhere to the theological framework which says that declaring the truth in all circumstances and being witness to it has great significance.  While this practice is also acceptable and praiseworthy, taqiyya cannot be rejected during threatening situations as is allowed by the Quran for difficult times depending on the circumstances.
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 03:34:35 pm »

Thanks my sister.  Very good and useful clarification with direct Quranic references. 

I wonder how that guy jumped to the conclusion that taqiyya meant something as absurd as spreading Islam by speaking lies.  He must be depending too much on uneducated & bigoted farts like terry  jones, robert spencer, pamela geller etc. etc. for information. 
 
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