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taqiya

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ta⋅qi⋅yah

  [tuh-kee-yuh]
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–noun (in Shiʿite 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, ta⋅qi⋅ya.

Origin:
< Ar taqiyyah lit., caution, prudence
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