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Where there is hostility to esoteric understandings of Islam, this heightened focus on the faith’s inner dimensions creates a greater need for taqiyyah. [ 9 ] Ismailis and other esoterically-inclined Muslim communities employ taqiyyah to ensure the esoteric teachings are reserved only for those who are prepared to receive them. [ 10 ]
The Quran mentions the Psalms with the use of the term zubūr (Arabic: زبور "writings") in five verses. [4] and two of these mention that it was given to David (4:163; 17:55).
In Shia Islam, abortion is "forbidden after implantation of the fertilized ovum." As with other Shiite scholars, Ayatollah Khomeini declared that "Termination of pregnancy even at the earliest possible stage under normal circumstances without any reason is not allowed" and that "The shari'a does not permit the abortion of a fetus."