Lying for Islam

[McCulloch]

Lying for Islam.

In recent debates, deliberate falsehoods have been presented by proponents of Islam. Now, I am willing to admit that the debater here may not have been trying to deceive us, but simply passing on what he thought was correct information while neglecting to even perform a simple check of the facts. So the responsibility for the deception may be in his sources. The source cited was Kavkaz-Center on materials of Islamic internet MASS MEDIA. According to Answering Islam, this hoax has been disseminated (and continues to be) by Waqf Ikhlas, Istanbul and Al-Furqan-Ta-Ha.

Jacques Cousteau, Will Smith, Neil Armstrong, Michael Jackson, Maurice Bucaille, King Offa of Mercia, Abdu'l-Ahad Dawud (Professor David Benjamin Keldani), who Muslims falsely claim was a former Catholic Bishop and The Coptic Cardinal Abu Ishaq have all been subject to false claims of conversion to Islam.

I will admit my ignorance about many of the teachings of Islam. I know that Judaism, Christianity and Humanism all claim to value the importance of intellectual honesty.

The question for debate is, does Islam allow, encourage or tolerate lying and fabrication for the benefit of Islam?

[msmcneal]

Are there those in Islam who deliberately twist the truth and tell outright lies in order to gain conversions? Of course. But there is in many religions, Christianity included. Does this mean that it's a common practice among everyday Muslims? No. Most simply wish to live their lives in peace. I've seen al-taqqiya mentioned. This is a purely Shi'a practice, and is only done to save ones life at that. There is a huge difference between lying to save your life, or the life of a loved one, and deliberately lying in order to deceive people. But this has already been said.