taqiyah

American  

[tuh-kee-yuh] / təˈki yə /

Or taqiya

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of taqiyah

From the Arabic word taqiyyah literally, caution, prudence

Example Sentences

Driving his scooter through after Friday prayers, a friendly Muslim man wearing white robes and a taqiyah cap seems at peace with his fate.

From The Guardian

“Auckland,” the men in taqiyah, or skullcaps, responded.

From Washington Post

Valiullin, who has a white tufted goatee and wears a velvet-blue taqiyah, shakes his head when he recalls the arrests.

From The Guardian

His detractors, he went on, consider him adept at “taqiyah,” an Arabic word for dissimulation to protect oneself or the Islamic faith, and think he has a “far more obscure hidden agenda.”

From Seattle Times

Through the open window I see him join thirty men in bright robes and embroidered Taqiyah head coverings as they kneel to face the Kaaba cube in Mecca.

From The Guardian