Deceiving him was acceptable for the good of Islam. Islamic law does not provide for leniency to the blasphemer if he confesses. This is related to the concept of taqiyya, which as a concept is specifically Shi’ite, although Sunnis have doctrines regarding deceiving unbelievers as well. Taqiyya as a specific concept by that name was developed during the time of the sixth Imam, Jafar al-Sadiq, in middle of the eighth century, when the Shi’ites were being persecuted by the Sunni caliph al-Mansur. Taqiyya allowed Shi’ites to pretend to be Sunnis in order to protect themselves from Sunnis who were killing Shi’ites. Until the conversion of Persia to Shi’ism, taqiyya was an important element of Shi’ite survival, for Sunnis, in the majority almost everywhere, would not infrequently take it upon themselves to cleanse the land of those whom they referred to as Rafidites, that is, rejecters — those who rejected the caliphates of Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman.
Some Shi’ite thinkers turned the secrecy that had become a necessity into a virtue. The medieval Shi’ite scholar Ali ibn Musa ibn Tawus, who died in 1266, taught that Allah had revealed Shi’ism secretly, and it was incumbent upon the believers to practice it in secret. At the end of days, Allah will admit them secretly into Paradise. Some secrets were never to be revealed under any circumstances. The fifth imam, Muhammad al-Baqir, who died in 732, once gave a book to one of his disciples, telling him, “If you ever transmit any of it, my curse and the curse of my forefathers will fall upon you.”
The sixth Imam, Jafar Al-Sadiq, who died in 765, had a servant who was suspected of having revealed some of the secrets of the faith. The Imam lectured, “Whoever propagates our tradition is like someone who denies it.…Conceal our doctrine and do not divulge it. God elevates in this world one who conceals our doctrine and does not divulge it and he turns it in the next world into a light between his eyes which will lead him to Paradise. God abases in this world one who divulges our tradition and our doctrine and does not conceal it, and in the next world he removes the light from between his eyes and turns it into darkness which will lead him to hell. Taqiyya is our religion and the religion of our fathers; he who has no taqiyya has no religion.”
Other Imams also emphasized the cardinal importance of taqiyya, apparently not only because Shi’ites were under constant threat from Sunnis, but because Shi’ite Islam contained doctrines that must stay hidden from outsiders. Some sayings of the Imams include, “He who has no taqiyya has no faith”; “he who forsakes taqiyya is like him who forsakes prayer”; “he who does not adhere to taqiyya and does not protect us from the ignoble common people is not part of us”; “nine tenths of faith falls within taqiyya”; “taqiyya is the believer’s shield (junna), but for taqiyya, God would not have been worshipped.”
Taqiyya is ultimately practiced in order to protect Islam and the Muslim community. In this case, it was employed to protect the community from this “blasphemer.”
“Iran sentences a 21-year-old man to DEATH for ‘insulting Islam’ on an instant messaging app after confessing when police promised he would be pardoned if he came clean,” by Kelly Mclaughlin, Mailonline, March 30, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
An Iranian 21-year-old has been sentenced to death after ‘insulting the prophet’ of Islam on an instant messaging app.
Sina Dehghan was 19 when he was arrested by the Iranian revolutionary guard at a military barracks in Tehran in October 2015 for insulting the national religion on the messaging app LINE.
Human rights activists claim that Dehghan was fooled into singing his own confession under the belief that he would be released without punishment if he did so.
But after signing the confession, prosecutors dropped the agreement and kept Dehghan incarcerated at Arak Prison.
His death penalty was confirmed in January when it was upheld in the country’s Supreme Court, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
‘During his interrogation, Sina was told that if he signed a confession and repented, he would be pardoned and let go,’ a source told CHRI. ‘Unfortunately, he made a childish decision and accepted the charges. Then they sentenced him to death.’
The content of Dehghan’s messages is unknown.
The source said that authorities got Dehghan to confess on camera as well, and that authorities told his family that if they kept quiet about the charges, Dehghan would be more likely to be freed.
‘Unfortunately, the family believed those words and stopped sharing information about his case and discouraged others from sharing it as well,’ the source said.
Branch 1 of the Criminal Court in Arak had asked that Dehghan be sentenced to death for ‘insulting the prophet’ as well as 16 months in prison for ‘insulting the supreme leader’….
no_one says
Islamic pigs.
frederick King says
I would not last three days over there. I think I’ll not visit.
AleX_ says
Tehran – a dream destination – where burka meets the beard in hairy situations.
I’d cancel Iran only to take Yemen: same stability, longer calls to prayer.
SweetOlBob says
Now lemme see; According to the muslim lie list, that would be lie number 2. Or is it lie number 6 ?
……………. Maybe number 3 ?
somehistory says
Trust a moslim at your own risk. Trust a moslim only as far as your can singlehandedly hurl a navy destroyer using only your bare hands.
Never, ever, trust a moslim. All they know are lies. There is no truth is moslims and no truth in islam.
The poor guy is doomed.
gravenimage says
Iran sentences man to death for insulting Islam after promising pardon if he confessed
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This poor young man.
God, I hate Islam.
somehistory says
If I could help him, I would. I hate reading about the evils like this.
gravenimage says
So do I, somehistory. Obama’s deal with Iran was madness; that he made it without even attempting to influence injustices like this one was utterly immoral.
common sense says
Reading the entire article leads me to believe that the original Mo. did not pass his proverbial test in the desert where he allegedly was instructed by Gabriel. No, it was the other guy. Killing the defenseless over a non crime after a confession and repenting is satanic dirty work especially true when you are ‘supposedly’ insulting the dark one himself.
john spielman says
how can you insult the memory of someone who was so evil and depraved like muhammed who by his own admission was a demon possessed mass murderer thief liar and pdohile pevert?
Shan Lim says
[Deceiving him was acceptable for the good of Islam. Islamic law does not provide for leniency to the blasphemer if he confesses. This is related to the concept of taqiyya, which as a concept is specifically Shi’ite, although Sunnis have doctrines regarding deceiving unbelievers as well. ]
Isn’t the arabic word “taqiyya” meant deception? If so, the principle of taqiyya was originally laid down by mohammed himself when he permitted his assassin to murder a poet named Ka’b bin al-Ashraf (bukhari 50:369). There are other similar instances of such permission by mohammed as mentioned in other ahadith.
Also, the concept of taqiyya can be found in several verses in the quran. In particular, sura 3:28 and 16:106.
JawsV says
I believe “Taqiyya” means “Concealment.”
Angemon says
Yes, and while the name ans established doctrine may be shiite, there are similar proceedings in sunni islam.
mortimer says
There are SIX DIFFERENT WAYS of deception that are permissible in Islam:
1•Taqiyya (Shia) or Muda’rat (Sunni): tactical deceit for the purposes of spreading Islam.
2•Kitman: deceit by omission.
3•Tawriya: deceit by deliberate ambiguity.
4•Taysir: deceit through facilitation (not observing all the tenets of Sharia by ‘making things easier’).
5•Darura: deceit through necessity (to engage in something “Haram” or forbidden such as drinking alcohol to exploit non-Muslims).
6•Muruna: ‘flexibility’ or temporary suspension of Sharia to make Muslim migrants appear ‘moderate’ and blend in until Muslims numerically strong enough to enforce Sharia.
Muslims imitate Allah ‘THE GREATEST OF DECEIVERS’.
Allahu khayru l-makireena – Koran. 3:54; cf. 8:30
The first caliph feared the deception of Allah! – ‘By Allah! I would not rest assured and feel safe from the DECEPTION of Allah (la amanu limakr Allah), even if I had one foot in paradise.’” (Khalid Muhammad Khalid, Successors of the Messenger, translated by Muhammad Mahdi al-Sharif [Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah, Beirut Lebanon, 2005], Book One: Abu Bakr Has Come, p. 99
Deception is normative Islam, rather than an aberration.
John Hawk says
‘By Allah! I would not rest assured and feel safe from the DECEPTION of Allah (la amanu limakr Allah), even if I had one foot in paradise.’”
All things considered, this guy seems pretty rational. It’s advice worth following for both the psychotic Allah and his “messenger,” the vile and morally bankrupt Muhammad.
bostongal912 says
But we can trust Iran in the deal that they made with Obama! Give me a break!
SAHANI says
OUR LOCAL LEADERS BETRAYING LOCAL CITIZEN .NOT PROTECTING THEM FROM ISALIC ENEMY. ENEMY IS FREE TO INVADE COUNTRY CONVERT OUR INNOCENT CITIZEN TO ISLAM . ITS LIKE HIGH JECK OUR PROPERTY FREE OF COST
John says
Gutter religion, not even fit for swines
JawsV says
It’s 7:15 AM and church bells are ringing a few blocks away. What a beautiful sound.
Historian says
Somebody should send this information to Forbes magazine, since they have recommend Iran as a top destination to visit.
clap says
I’m surprised they didn’t let an angry mob lynch him as soon as he was accused of insulting islam.
Bill Houston says
This is unspeakable evil. Only the “father of lies” or a madman is capable of such treachery. Mohammed should have stuck to his original belief that he was possessed by a demon. That way, none of this lunacy would be happening today. it would have ended in his death or with his incarceration in a 7th century hospice. But no, he was encouraged to accept his “hallucination” as a vision of the archangel Gabriel. And the rest unfortunately, is a “sacred” history drenched in the blood of infidels and unbelievers. Sad.
John A. Marre says
Iran is committed to implementing Islamic law, which is why Obama gave it everything it wanted, including billions of dollars in cash.
Mohd Shah says
By Allah! I would not rest assured and feel safe from the ——– of Allah (la amanu limakr Allah), even if I had one foot in paradise.’”
Someone popped that bogus wrong interpretation pill and i see all you innocent ones chewing away.
With such intelligence, sure you all are gonna be taken over by Taqqiyya lovers.