Deception is religiously permissible to protect persecuted coreligionists

Evidence

As Saadia Toor notes, these reforms also resulted in the erosion of minority rights, with spurious prosecutions and personal vendettas being played out against anyone who it could be suggested was showing disrespect to Islam and its prophet (State of Islam, 6). — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 868 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Blasphemy-style regulation enabled private vendettas under religious pretext — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 868

Broader Connections

• Blasphemy-style regulation enabled private vendettas under religious pretext #complicates (0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 868