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Galatians 4 depends on major ignorance by Paul. In Jewish and Islamic concubinage, the son of a concubine is considered family. It's in Roman law rather that he's a slave. Even more serious of a lapse is that Abraham, alayhe salam, did NOT take Hagar as a concubine, he married her (Genesis 16:3)

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>blending in
In fact the very reason Muslims grow beards, for example, is to distinguish themselves from kuffar. The Prophet ﷺ specifically said to grow your beard out and trim your mustache so you look different. Blending in is permitted if your life is in danger or you are spying or conducting an assassination, that’s about it. If you are just living among kuffar and they aren’t trying to kill you, blending in should only be done to the extent that it doesn’t violate what we are supposed to do to distinguish ourselves. Danger is not an elastic term here, there are plenty of fatwas on this where someone asks something like, “Can I just pray in my car if people don’t like Muslims?” and the answer is “No”. Qur’anic terms in Arabic are defined in court and jurisprudence by Arabic writing contemporary or prior to the Qur’an, there can be dispute over their meanings, but if you can’t find an instance of the term being used in a certain way in those Arabic writings, it cannot legally be understood to mean that. You think it’s an accident our religion has resisted change so well? Christians nowadays are saying eunuch in the Bible refers to gays; see, if they were like us they could never say that, because they would have to show Greek writing contemporary or prior to the Bible using the term eunuch to mean homosexual.

>war
Yes, lying is permitted if you are captured in war, if you are lying about reinforcements coming, etc. It is not in treaties though because those are made in the Name of God, which it is not permitted to lie in under any circumstances; treaties are only void if the other side breaks them, or they have a limited time and expire.

>settling a disagreement
See exactly what this means here
islamqa.info/en/answers/65500

>gaining the sympathy of a victim

Yes, this is permitted for qisas. In qisas, the victim of a crime has a right to exact the same harm he has inflicted, it is referred to as an eye for an eye in the Qur’an. However if he doesn’t, if he forgives, it expiates his sins. So if you break a man’s arm in an assualt, he is entitled to break your arm. Under these cirumstances you must be restrained by the authorities as he does it. In pleading for his mercy though you may make up reasons or something of the like. If he spares you, it is very good for him and, well, obviously preferable for you. This is sanctioned.