Brilliant lecture... Agreed 100 %. All the views logically 100% right. Allah Humary logon ko Hadaiyat ata krey. Aur jazbaat e La-ubali kam krey.

Zag_aly... Apparently you do not agree with our views about this lecture of Dr. Zaidi (in comments before yours). Am keen to understand your point of view. Please comment on our comments.

Very eloquent and articulate speech by Dr. Zaidi.This is the need of the hour. Our religion is under attack because of the acts of such agents who use tabarra as means to portrait wrong picture of the school of Ahle bayt(as). May Allah(swt)increase efforts of scholars like Dr Zaidi towards such social issues..

Definitely. Taqayya is a religion saving mechanism, not a life saving mechanism. And this is exactly what we have learnt from companions who lived in times of such hardships...and at a time such as today, taqayya would definitely not be very useful option...in the end, we'd probably even have to abandon azadari if we keep thinking about our lives.

I agree muhibbe-ahlul-bayt. Would like to take this a step further: 'useless if you have no better plans' Can we say that if we apply the Strategic Management concepts of End in Mind and do Taqayya only when there is no other way to obtain a better End? So that way we would set our priorities based on our Strategy.

I do agree that we make social mistakes, like for example the loudspeakers, or blocking the roads, but, in other cases, do the pros outweigh the cons of going into Taqayya in other cases; and what should people who already have their 'Shia' names, or are known for their beliefs, do?
When applying for a job and asked, should one say he's not a shia?

In my opinion, the encouragement of taqayya at this stage is not a very good one. At this point in time, we live in a world where people atleast know that Shiaism is a thought which exists, and widespread encouragement of taqayya helps only to keep our lives secure, which, I'd say is pretty much useless if you have no better plans for the future.

smashah... nice to someone write back. but frankly i was not as impressed. I understand Tawreeha differently... and feel that the example of the Qadianis was misplaced. If we want to see success there were plenty others to show, and if we wanted to show leadership... there were many others... but my real difference of opinion is in Tawreeah.

Excellent and in-depth analytical approach!

This lecture has been recommended to me... I am watching it now and would like to share my views regarding this. May be a good way would be to first write a summary of it.