Resignifying taqiyya as universal Muslim deceit makes all Muslim speech disqualifiable in advance.

Evidence

But the struggle is made nearly impossible because part of the political strategy is to impute the nefarious agenda of overthrowing the United States and the Constitution to any who resist such misappropriation of the terms. For example, for Muslims, the resignification of taqiyya a practice in Shi’a Islam that sanctions one to hide their religious identity when under threat into a religiously required mendacity for all Muslims in normal interactions with nonbelievers simply solidifies their malintent and suspiciousness. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 448

Categorization

• DEFINE: Corrects a commonplace misreading of taqiyya as universal mendacity, showing it is a Shi’a practice of hiding identity under threat.
• XREF: Extends the ‘a priori disqualification’ dynamic from ch47-48 claims that once Islam itself is problematized, no defense is admissible. — connects to: Once sharia is problematized the whole Muslim identity becomes delegitimized; Distorted taqiyya doctrine functions to dismiss any Muslim’s speech as deception — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 306

Broader Connections

• Distorted taqiyya doctrine functions to dismiss any Muslim’s speech as deception #corroborates (0.95) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 306