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Definition of taqiyya in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of taqiyya in English English dictionary
- Within Islamic tradition, the concept of Taqiyya (التقية - 'fear, guard against') refers to a controversial dispensation allowing believers to conceal their faith when under threat, persecution or compulsion. The word "al-Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing or disguising one's beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of imminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury." A one-word translation would be "Dissimulation."