Posted on 04/25/2015 7:49:31 AM PDT by Michael.SF.
Taqiyah: The practice of concealing one’s beliefs and foregoing ordinary religious duties when under threat of death or injury. — www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/011-taqiyya.htm IN THE ISLAMIC FAITH, deception, either Taqiyah or Kitman — in Islamic jurisprudence, the art of making ambiguous or deceptive statements — is permitted under certain very specific circumstances.
It is the political form of Taqiyah to which I refer when I say that such lying without embarrassment or repercussion has become a too-often-used tool — indeed, the de facto policy — of the left.
Several recent examples serve to confirm this:
(Excerpt) Read more at beniciaheraldonline.com ...
It’s not just the left. The GOP/RNC regularly engages in the practice, promising to stop Obama’s agenda before the election and then voting to pass it after the election.
They were doing this LONG before the sixties. In fact, as long as there have been leftists, it's always been standard procedure.
WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS SQUAKING ABOUT?
The more relevant question is “When was taqiyah NOT a policy of the left?”
It has always been there. Just called something different.
“The ends justify the means.”
MeshugaMikey,
It is indeed the same Benicia. The editor there actually does a pretty good job of publishing local writers with points of view from both sides.
We could use more small but vital bastions of “fairness” in today’s world of mass disinfotainment.
Thank you!
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