"adamc:"
How can one "flirt with Islamophobia?" Either one hates Islam, or s/he does not. Your charge is simply a polite form of slander. Please explain which of the many citations I made to the Qur'an, the hadiths, and examples from Islamic history are inaccurate.

Nasseem:
yes, taqiyya began as a (Twelver) Shi`i practice, but has spread in recent decades into Sunni Islam: "one of the few books devoted to the subject, At-Taqiyya fi'l-Islam (Dissimulation in Islam) makes it clear that taqiyya is not limited to Shi'a dissimulating in fear of persecution." http://www.meforum.org/2538/taqiyya-islam-rules-of-war

Dr. Timothy Furnish