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Kayoski:
This story is old...pls nairalanders don't waste ur time advicing..
someone is still coming to put up this same story in 2 years time
This is my 3rd time of reading it on this forum

PappyMason:
Of all the points presidential hopeful Ben Carson made in defense of his position that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” the most poignant was his referencing of taqiyya, one of Islam’s doctrines of deception.

According to Carson, whoever becomes president should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran”:
Need dis piece for d future. Information is power.


“I do not believe Sharia is consistent with the Constitution of this country,” Carson said, referencing the Islamic law derived from the Koran and traditions of Islam. “Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

Carson said that the only exception he’d make would be if the Muslim running for office “publicly rejected all the tenants of Sharia and lived a life consistent with that.”

“Then I wouldn’t have any problem,” he said.

However, on several occasions Carson mentioned “Taqiyya,” a practice in the Shia Islam denomination in which a Muslim can mislead nonbelievers about the nature of their faith to avoid religious persecution.

“Taqiyya is a component of Shia that allows, and even encourages you to lie to achieve your goals,” Carson said.

Considering that the current U.S. president has expunged all reference to Islam in security documents and would have Americans believe that Islamic doctrine is more or less like Christianity, it is refreshing to see a presidential candidate referencing a little-known but critically important Muslim doctrine.

However, the widely cited notion that taqiyya is only a Shia doctrine needs to be corrected. This is false, and it lets the vast majority of the world’s Muslims, the Sunnis, off the hook.

According to Sami Mukaram, one of the world’s foremost authorities on taqiyya:

Taqiyya is of fundamental importance in Islam. Practically every Islamic sect agrees to it and practices it … We can go so far as to say that the practice of taqiyya is mainstream in Islam, and that those few sects not practicing it diverge from the mainstream … Taqiyya is very prevalent in Islamic politics, especially in the modern era.

Taqiyya is often associated with the Shias because, as a minority group interspersed among their Sunni rivals, they have historically had more reason to dissemble. Today, however, Sunnis living in the West find themselves in the place of the Shia. Now they are the minority surrounded by their historic enemies — Western “infidels” — and so they too have plenty of occasion to employ taqiyya.

Making Muslims swear on Bibles would not be any defense against taqiyya. As long as their allegiance to Islam is secure in their hearts, taqiyya allows Muslims to behave like non-Muslims. Praying before Christian icons, wearing crosses, making the sign of the cross — anything short of actually killing a Muslim could be allowed. (In several instances, Muslims in the U.S. military exposed their true loyalties when they reached the point of having to fight fellow Muslims in foreign nations.

For those with a discerning eye, taqiyya is all around us. Muslim refugees have pretended to convert to Christianity (in the past and the present); an Islamic gunman gained entrance inside a church by feigning interest in Christian prayers. Examples abound on a daily basis.

Consider the following anecdote from Turkey. In order to get close enough to a Christian pastor to assassinate him, a group of Muslims — including three women — feigned interest in Christianity, attended his church for over a year, and even participated in baptism ceremonies. Said the pastor, Emre Karaali:

These people had infiltrated our church and collected information about me, my family and the church and were preparing an attack against us. … Two of them attended our church for over a year and they were like family.

If some Muslims are willing to go to such lengths to eliminate the already downtrodden Christian minorities in their midst, does anyone doubt that a taqiyya-practicing Muslim presidential candidate might have no reservations about swearing on a stack of Bibles?

Precedents for such treachery litter the whole of Islamic history, and begin with the Muslim prophet himself.

During the Battle of the Trench (627 AD), which pitted Muhammad and his followers against several non-Muslim tribes collectively known as “the Confederates,” a Confederate called Naim bin Masud went to the Muslim camp and converted to Islam. When Muhammad discovered the Confederates were unaware of Masud’s deflection to Islam, he counseled him to return and to try to get his tribesmen to abandon the siege. “For war is deceit,” Muhammad assured him.

Masud returned to the Confederates without their knowledge that he had switched sides, and began giving his former kin and allies bad advice. He also intentionally instigated quarrels between the various tribes until, thoroughly distrusting each other, they disbanded and lifted the siege, allowing an embryonic Islam to grow. (Here, a Muslim site extols this incident for being illustrative of how Muslims can subvert non-Muslims.)

If a Muslim were running for president of the U.S. in the hopes of ultimately subverting America to Islam, he could, in Carson’s words, easily be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran” and “publicly reject all the tenants of Sharia.” Indeed, he could claim to be a Christian and attend church every week.

It speaks well about Carson that he is aware of, and not hesitant to mention, taqiyya. But that doctrine’s full ramifications regarding how much deception it allows, and its practice by all Muslim denominations, not just the Shia, still needs greater awareness.

The chances of that happening are dim. Already “mainstream media” like the Washington Post have, incorrectly, taken Carson to task for “misunderstanding” taqiyya – that is, for daring to be critical of anything Islamic. These outlets could benefit from learning more about Islam and deception per the below links:

My expert testimony being used in a court case to refute “taqiyya about taqiyya.”
The even more elastic doctrine of tawriya, which allows Muslims to deceive fellow Muslims by lying “creatively.”
My 2008 essay “Islam’s Doctrines of Deception,” commissioned and published by Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst.
Recent examples of formerly good Muslim neighbors turning violent once they grow in strength and numbers.

histemple:
How come the Governor appointed this Special Assistant on media and Publicity who doesn't know how to manage the image of the Governor?

This publication is more derogatory and has caused more damage and ridicule to both the Governor and the entire state.

Could it be that this guy is also working against the Governor or he is just clueless?

The LIES are just too infantile to say the least. NUJ should investigate and revoke his license if he was ever a media person.

Matttthew:
They love over-speeding.... Most re always drunkard.

cococandy:
If you're so brave, call me out with your normal moniker. How hard is that?

Ediotic asiwine.

Don't tell me that thread where the woman had her babies kidnapped is what counts as bullying to you.
Of course we should have agreed that the grandma did well and that way, it won't be bullying to you. See the calibre of humans that think they make sense.

Monkey if you're fit to be a human, quote me with real identity and tell me how calling a bad thing bad is same as bullying.

Kidnapper rapist. That's why you can't post with your real identity. You know you're repulsive. You can only show your depravity won't pseudonyms.

Be a man and show your face. slowpoke.

Urine:
With due respect Sir, don't use the word "silly" to describe the Oba.

yinkus4u2c:
Myopic u say? smh...i dont tink u knw wat dat means.
D lady had her faults, yes! but did d mister's actions solved d probs? Hell no! but rather complicated it. This is whr d issue of selfcontrol comes in,women will always be women.
Ladies r not meant to be trampled upon but be cared for.
at ds juncture...i quit

ibrews:
What abt the serious peeps that intimidates u with reading from morning till night or going 2 library everyday and u will start wondering if u are serious or not!

koolg:
tinubu has gone to sell the presidential slot on behalf of the APC which he treats as his personal property, of course the APC has been given some slots which he is satisfied with at least he knows his party couldn't have asked for more.
David Mark has come to concede some other position a to APC, he is happy that PDP has the presidency and other big slots as agreed.
OBJ is the middleman

Mindependent: If someone you loved was to inevitably break up with you and if you had the choice before hand, how would you like it to be done? I was discussing with my friend as she is currently dating someone but started seeing a new man recently and she was thinking of breaking up with her bf without hurting him, my opinion was for her to be honest with him but she said she would rather not tell him the true reasons so as not to hurt him further. What are your thoughts?

shymexx: Dear Nigerian Military Militias, no one is discrediting your bum ar.ses, you lot just don't have what it takes to excel in modern warfare. You lack the training, tools, know-how, morale, and ability to fight. You wouldn't even be able to fight your way out of a paper-bag, that's how terrible you're. And it's only right for supreme minds to point out the obvious, devoid of pseudo-patriotism synonymous with emotional and blinkered ultra-nationalists.

As the giant termite of Africa, we expected more from you. However, you let everyone down, and failed a generation of Nigerians - both at home and in diaspora. Calling you a disgrace is an understatement!

talk2riel: Juth is the in thing spent some years there.

Amusaopeyemi: On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross, where the dearest and best.
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So i'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I'll cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it someday for a crown.

Learnt this at a teenage retreat 3years ago, the teens pastor made us sing it over and over again till we became sober and since then the hymn just built a self contain in my head. Lol.

Amusaopeyemi: On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross, where the dearest and best.
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So i'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I'll cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it someday for a crown.
Am all tears ryt now.God bless ur soul sister. May we all meet at his feet.
Learnt this at a teenage retreat 3years ago, the teens pastor made us sing it over and over again till we became sober and since then the hymn just built a self contain in my head. Lol.

simplyOJ: There are also numerous cases of men using their Fathers and brothers. There was a similar case of such that happened at my wife's place of work last year 2013. After the man passed, making his father the first option and brother the 2nd, the wife and kids where practically left in the cold. The office had to own their own frantically enter into some form of agreement between the father and brother for his wife and kids to be able to collect some stipend..