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Hamas: We're allowed to lie
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by René | February 9, 2008 at 02:02 pm
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February 7, 2008Hamas: We're allowed to lie
“A Muslim is permitted to say things that oppose his beliefs in order to prevent damages or to be saved from death.”
When I point that out, I get called an "Islamophobe." I'm told this is a Shi'ite idea that Sunnis shun -- although those who claim this never seem to be aware of the Qur'anic sanction it is given (3:28 and 16:106).
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at 14:10 on February 9th, 2008
Similar to the equivocation technique used by Jesuits in the runup to the Gunpowder Plot of 1604: Adherents couldn't quite lie, but could evade the truth in any way short of direct mendacity. Didn't help, though- Guy Fawkes and co. still ended up getting busted.
at 14:55 on February 9th, 2008
Ah, Jordan, if only it were that simple.