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To: one_less who wrote (243772)	10/2/2007 6:49:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You keep assuming that I don't accept that unpleasant fact. You are mistaken and you further err when you draw conclusions about Muslims in general based on your knowledge of some unpleasant facts. If you admit that we are not talking about fringe groups here but a solid minority, then all your shows of indignation about what conclusions I or anyone else draws about Muslims needs to go away. If 10% or 20% of a religion supports terrorism, then I have plenty to worry about for real. Regarding your misapplication of Taqqiya, it is simply a term. It is a term that explains why it is no sin to keep quiet or even deny your religious affiliation when you are in fear of harmful persecution. Taqquiya means "dissimulation" and it's something that Muslims are allowed to do to infidels, either from fear of harm OR from fear of harm to a laudable cause, like say, jihad. Claiming to opppose "terrorism" and "taking of innocent life" across the board when in fact - as you just admitted - one opposes only the taking of Muslim life is taqqiya, and the term is most properly applied. It is a Muslim trying to say something which has one meaning for Muslims while persuading the infidel it means something else completely. It is a Muslim trying to persuade infidels that he doesn't support violent jihad against the infidel when in fact, he does.