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spaghetdefectsyesterday at 5:33 PM3 repliesview on HN

This was a religious war launched by Israel during Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating the mass murder of Persians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim


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tgmayesterday at 7:01 PM

I don't see the relevance of history and mythology to the point I was making. I am suggesting that even within the Shia framework, if we were to take it at face value, the religious ruling that the GP mentioned is non-binding because they are allowed to lie out of expediency to life or existential threats to the Islamic establishment (Taqiyya); it won't count as a sin or hypocricy within their own framework, objectively.

rayineryesterday at 5:41 PM

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k33nyesterday at 7:01 PM

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