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Old May 16th, 2010, 11:08 PM posted to soc.retirement,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,rec.travel.europe,talk.politics.misc
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Default Addled and desperate, rightwingers turn for guidance to 11th

On May 16, 6:02*pm, "PJ O'Donovan" wrote:

Ø "Know not that a lie is not haram (wrong) in itself, but
* * only because the evil conclusions to which it leads the
* * hearer, making him believe something that is not really
* * the case...if a lie is the only way of obtaining a good
* * result, it is permissible...We must lie when truth leads
* * to unpleasant results."

* 11th cent Moslem Theologean al-Ghazzali

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