Diana West 9-28-15
Exclusive: Diana West schools reporter on true meaning of 'taqiyya'
Note: The following is an open letter to Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler.
Dear Glenn Kessler,
First of all, why is your “Fact Checker” column of Sept. 22 awarding Dr. Ben Carson “Four Pinnochios” for his statement regarding “taqiyya” running for a second time? It first appeared last week, but there it is again in Sunday’s paper, Sept. 27, on p. A5.
I missed it the first time – but it’s definitely worth revisiting.
Dr. Carson said the following: “‘Taqiyya’ is a component of Shariah that allows, and even encourages you to lie to achieve your goals.”
You then write: “In other words, he appeared to be saying that this tenet of Islam offered some kind of loophole that would allow the Muslim to lie about his or her religious beliefs to pursue other objectives. Is this the case?” (Emphasis added.)
For the record, your paraphrase is not what Carson said. He invoked “taqiyya” to describe a concept in Shariah, or Islamic law, that, as he put it, “allows and even encourages [a Muslim] to lie to achieve [his] goals.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/09/fact-checking-wapo-defending-dr-carson/#0vSSHRLrL7srbtDo.99
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