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Another Muslim Downplays Taqiyya, Islamic-Sanctioned Deceit
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Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. In a longwinded article titled “Hidden Enemies: An American History of Taqiyya” for
Cabinet Magazine, the author, “Joshua Craze” an apparent pseudonym for a self-identified Muslim man predictably downplays the dangers of taqiyya, an Islamic doctrine which permits Muslims to deceive non-Muslims. Consider the following excerpts: [T]aqiyya had become a central pillar of the far-right’s rendition of Islam. Because I am a masochist, I spent a few days trying to source all the quotations in one report, “Taqiyya about Taqiyya” by Raymond Ibrahim, a virulent Islamophobe associated with David Horowitz… It would be too easy to say that distorted facts and quotations proliferate in such pieces because of a disregard for the truth. Raymond Ibrahim and his fellow Taqiyyists have inordinate regard for a central truth: that Isl
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Indonesian Muslim protesters shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Organizers of an Indonesian movement to promote a moderate brand of Islam have canceled a mass rally after its youth supporters burned the flag of an outlawed hard-line Muslim group, sparking allegations of blasphemy. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
In a longwinded article titled “Hidden Enemies: An American History of Taqiyya” for
Cabinet Magazine, the author, “Joshua Craze” an apparent pseudonym for a self-identified Muslim man predictably downplays the dangers of taqiyya, an Islamic doctrine which permits Muslims to deceive non-Muslims. Consider the following excerpts:
[T]aqiyya had become a central pillar of the far-right’s rendition of Islam. Because I am a masochist, I spent a few days trying to source all the quotations in one report, “Taqiyya about Taqiyya” by Raymond Ibrahim, a virulent Islamophobe associated with David Horowitz… It would be too
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