All religions allow lying to save one's life. If that's Taqiya, it's understandable, but I heard - it also includes provision for any deceitful tactics for propagation of Islam, including conversion. Is that so? Could someone clarify this misunderstanding? Jiten Roy
--- On Tue, 2/21/12, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Taqiya does not mean deceit. It means hiding or keeping secret one's religion. if some one feels danger if he discloses his faith
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:38 PM
It also means telling a few lies. On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:18 PM, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote: Taqiya does not mean deceit. It means hiding or keeping secret one's religion. if some one feels danger if he discloses his faith.This is permitted by some sects in Islam, not all. I feel it appropriate in case of danger. Nothing should be distorted. Shah Abdul Hannan Even God supports deceit in the 'interest of religion', the Arabic word for it is taquia. About the 'referendum of 1940', the Lahore resolution was not a referendum. It was the result of a Muslim League meeting. The participants, e.g., Sikander Hyat Khan of the Unionist Party, G. M. Syed of Jiye Sind, and Fajlul Haque of K. S. P., were members of provincial parliaments elected in 1937 on the separate electorate basis. They were coerced by the British Governors to be members of the Muslim League, else their cabinets would be dissolved (Ref.- A. J. Moore in Escape from the Empire). According to Maulana Azad, Indian Muslims had grown weaker as a political force due to partition in 1947.
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