TAQIYAH

Meaning of TAQIYAH in English

/teuh kee"yeuh/ , n. (in Shi'ite Islam)

the practice of denying one's religion, permissible when one is faced with persecution, esp. by Sunnites: regarded as a means of protecting the religion.

Also, taqiya .

[ taqiyyah lit., caution, prudence ]

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