Even the concept of taqiyyah (dissimulation when one's life is in danger) was blown out of proportion and it was assumed that every statement of a Shí'a scholar had a hidden meaning. And, consequently, whenever an Orientalist studied Shí'ism, his precommitment to Judeo-Christian tradition of the West was compounded with the Sunni bias against Shí'ism.
Hakuna shaka ya kuwa dalili zao zimetofautiana kiasi kwamba haziwezi kuwa ni pingamizi na dalili zilizo pokelewa kuhusu kuteuliwa Ali kuwa khalifa kwa dalili za wazi zilizo toka kwa Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu (s.a.w.w) kwa ajili ya Uimamu.