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By Najla Turk, published 16/2/2017I am your ordinary, middle-class, working mother that happens to be a practising Muslim who profoundly opposes terrorism and is ardently seeking harmony.
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Yes, there is always that problem. As long as (a) lying 'in a good cause', or (b) lying 'because it's dangerous to tell the truth' occurs, then how does one tell when anybody who falls back on those sanctioned excuses, is telling the truth ?
It's a bit like one of those Greek conundrums: all people from (is it?) Miletus are liars. So how can you find out anything from a Miletian ? Ask one something, then ask another one if he lied or not. But what if people lie only sometimes, as in (a) and (b) ?
But maybe many Muslims wear their religion lightly, as many Christians do, and are no more likely to lie than anyone else. I'd like to think that human decency triumphs over religious expediency sometimes in most of us, including with Muslims.
Cheers,
Joe