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From: naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Taq'ia
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Date: 1 Mar 90 13:29:14 GMT
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Approved: naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah)

Omar had written:
Omar>The Shia attribute titles to
Omar>their leaders which exceed the limits of Islamic thinking.  These
Omar>leaders claim for themselves special powers.  When I ask some
Omar>shia here about this they practice taqiyya, or shall I say they
Omar>just lie about it.  Later others of them admit this.

I had replied:
>Maybe the shia sect is not monolithic on this issue. Maybe they have
>different opinions about this issue. Why do you insist on interpeting
>this lack of a quorum as evidence of deception ?

Instead of "quorum", I meant to say "consensus". This is what comes of
posting at 5am in the morning :-).

     Naim