(IsraelNN.com) Hamas leaders spoke to the Arabic language
Ash-Sharq il-Awsat newspaper recently and explained that as
Muslims, they are allowed to lie. In an interview printed on
Thursday, senior Hamas terrorists explained, “A Muslim is permitted
to say things that oppose his beliefs in order to prevent damages
or to be saved from death.”
This approach, known in Arabic as “taqiyya,” was behind several
Hamas leaders’ recent public expression of support for Palestinian
Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, they explained. Senior Hamas
terrorists in Samaria, who were recently released from jail,
publicly expressed disapproval with the Hamas takeover of Gaza and
said they supported the PA forces. The sources quoted in Ash-Sharq
il-Awsat explained that the Samarian terrorists’ announcement was
not a sign of dissent within Hamas ranks, but rather a permitted
use of “taqiyya” to deceive Abbas and avoid prison sentences.