steve@CAS.ORST.EDU (Steve Dodd) (02/27/90)
Assalam alaykum Benham, I am very confused by some literature I'm reading. Perhaps as a Shia' you could clear it up. Could you please discuss the Shia' concept of taqiyyah or deception as it pretains to Shia' religion. Omar
abbas@sunb4.cs.uiuc.edu (03/01/90)
You really know how to find those keywords which create the difference
between the both sect of Muslims, I guess next you will open the subject
of marriage difference, right?
Taq'ia definition is: to claim that you are not from a certain sect or
religion, or deny something to protect yourself
against certainc unsjustice or racism.
The word usually get connect with Shi'a since after the death of the prophet,
some people of Sunna sect claimed that Shi'a were not muslims and they should
be executed. So the Shi'a to avoid been executed (like what happen to Imam
Hussein, the son of the Prophet coursin Imam Ali, because he disagreed with
a leader of the Sunna sect), claimed that they were not Shi'a or even muslim.
The Sunna sect does not agree with Shi'a, and considered haram. If it wasn't
for Taq'ia the sect of Shi'a may have completely executed.
PS: In the above note, I am only talking about some people of the Sunna sect.
It should not be considered an attack on the Sunna sect in general. Many
Sunna did not agree with what going on in that period of time.