Does Barack Obama Practice Taqiyya?

In the Muslim religion, in the Koran, it is stated that you can lie with impunity when you are dealing with non-believers of Islam (infidels). In other words, lying is permitted when the “end justifies the means”. That is called “taqiyya”. pronounced: (ta- kee- ya) .

Well, you might ask, does Barack Obama, who comes from a Muslim background through his father and step-father and his schooling in Indonesia, where he was listed as part of the Muslim faith on his school records, practice “taqiyya”? Does he tell you lies to further his political and social agenda? Let's take a look at some of the things Obama has said over the past few years to find out if he is imbued with the practice of “taqiyya”.

*During his 2008 campaign for president, he stated that he would accept public financing along with his opponent John McCain, but once he could figure out ways of raising big sums of money from donors, he opted out. It was reported that he spent over $700 million to get elected. In other words, he lied.

*In order to enhance his “street cred” among black voters, he stated that he had ties to the Selma Civil Rights March, saying that his parents met at the march, and as result, Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born - only problem was that Jr. was born in 1961 and the Selma March took place in 1965. That was a big whopper! Only an Obama “Zombie” would defend that gross misstatement.

*He said he would be the most transparent president in history by placing, on C-Span, all legislation that came to his desk for his signature - but he hasn't put one piece of legislation on C-Span since he became president. Is he that forgetful or just practicing “taqiyya”?

*He said that he wouldn't raise taxes on anyone making less than $200,000. So far he's raised taxes on tobacco, tanning parlors, and, when Obamacare kicks in in 2014, the average persons taxes will go up dramatically, as he will assess taxes on his health care bill affecting everyone, which will be most damaging to employers.

*When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, in addition to his health and college records, he went against his promise to be open and transparent. Is he trying to hide something? If not, then why not open up the hidden “vaults” and let us see what's in those records?

*He said that he wouldn't appoint former lobbyists, but he went ahead and appointed a slew of lobbyists to his cabinet and to be his unelected Czars.

*He promised to exempt the Catholic Church from some of the mandates of his health care law, in order to get the votes of some hesitant Senators, but he reneged on that promise regarding birth control much to the anger and dismay of the Catholic Bishops. Liar, liar pants on fire.

*He promised before the AIPAC Convention in 2011, that Jerusalem would be the capitol of Israel to much applause from the Jewish audience, but a couple of days later he said the question of Jerusalem should be the subject of negotiation. Was he pandering to AIPAC, and to Jewish voters, just to gain sympathy for his upcoming re-election campaign? Is the Pope Catholic?

*He said that if the Congress passed his “Stimulus” bill, unemployment would not go above 8% and most of the money would go toward “shovel ready” jobs which we later found out, weren't shovel ready, and they never materialized. Was that a lie or just a gross miscalculation?

*He gave the O.K., through his Secretary of Energy, for the “green” company Solyndra, to get a $537 million loan guarantee even though the Bush Administration turned the loan guarantee down because of the shaky financial condition of the company, and which, by the way, the company eventually went belly-up and the taxpayers took the loss. That scenario has been replicated on quite a few other Obama favored “green” companies. Most all the companies who got these loans were Obama campaign contributors. Would that be considered crony favoritism and a form of “taqiyya”?

And finally, over these past few years he has been blaming Bush for the financial mess we find ourselves in today. Granted, Bush had a hand in the financial down turn, but Obama has never taken any responsibility for the massive debt he has rung up, where the U.S. now owes over $16.6 trillion, an increase of over $6 trillion since he was sworn in in 2009. As a result, the United States credit rating was lowered for the first time in our history. He takes no responsibility and actually wants us to go into more debt.

So does Barack Obama practice “taqiyya”, after what I listed previously, you make the decision. But remember, if it looks like a duck, walks like duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann