In Islam, Taqiya or Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة taqīyah, literally "prudence, fear") is a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice. Generally, taqiya is the action of committing a sinful act (such as feigning unbelief) for a pious goal.
Hiding one's beliefs has been a feature of Islam since its earliest days, and is acknowledged by Muslims of virtually all persuasions.
"Allah will not hold you accountable for unintentional oaths, but for what you intended in your hearts. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing." - Qur'an 2:225
In theory, Muslims are allowed to lie to you about the correct interpretation of the Quran if they are doing so for a good reason such as if they knew you'll trying to understand the interpretation to act as opposition to Islam. Therefore, you can never and I do mean never trust a Muslim about the correct interpretation of the Quran.
Given how people interpret the bible over in the west though, I'd be pretty skeptical of anyone's interpretation of any religious texts except your own interpretation.
I would just emphasize that Muslims are actually the absolute worst authority on Islam unless you are also a Muslim and you learn it from them from within your culture. If you're a westerner trying to understand Islam from scholars then Muslims scholars are you absolute worst source because they cannot be trusted more so than anyone else but frankly, everyone has an agenda so I'd say no one is trustworthy anyway regardless of their religious beliefs.
I have a Quran sitting on my desk and I've read a bit of it because of all the recent talk of Muslims lately. The Quran is 1000x easier to interpret than the bible. The Quran is very straight-forward in how it presents its ideas. There's very little open for interpretation. If you are not Muslim then Muslims are not your friend. It's as clear as day in the Quran.
Taqiya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya
In theory, Muslims are allowed to lie to you about the correct interpretation of the Quran if they are doing so for a good reason such as if they knew you'll trying to understand the interpretation to act as opposition to Islam. Therefore, you can never and I do mean never trust a Muslim about the correct interpretation of the Quran.
Given how people interpret the bible over in the west though, I'd be pretty skeptical of anyone's interpretation of any religious texts except your own interpretation.
I would just emphasize that Muslims are actually the absolute worst authority on Islam unless you are also a Muslim and you learn it from them from within your culture. If you're a westerner trying to understand Islam from scholars then Muslims scholars are you absolute worst source because they cannot be trusted more so than anyone else but frankly, everyone has an agenda so I'd say no one is trustworthy anyway regardless of their religious beliefs.
I have a Quran sitting on my desk and I've read a bit of it because of all the recent talk of Muslims lately. The Quran is 1000x easier to interpret than the bible. The Quran is very straight-forward in how it presents its ideas. There's very little open for interpretation. If you are not Muslim then Muslims are not your friend. It's as clear as day in the Quran.
What is a priest but a story critic who wants to interpret sacred texts for you?
Original: https://archive.is/6xSxg
Today: https://www.theguardian.com/info/2023/nov/15/removed-document
It's dangerous to allow people to read content for themselves and draw their own conclusions!
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