Dibolehkan membohong dalam falsafah ilmu langitan, istilahnya "Taqiya" [In Islam <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam>, *Taqiya* or *Taqiyya* ( Arabic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language>: تقیة *taqiyyah*, literally "prudence, fear")[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-EI2-1>[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-Stewart-2> is a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice in the face of persecution.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-EI2-1>[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-ODI-3>[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-4>[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-StewartNYUEssay-5> Another term for this concept, *kitmān* (lit. "action of covering, dissimulation"), has a more specific meaning of dissimulation by silence or omission.[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-EI2-syn-6>[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-Virani47-7>
This practice is emphasized in Shia Islam <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam> whereby adherents are permitted to conceal their religion when under threat of persecution <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Shi%27a_Islam> or compulsion. [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-ODI-3>[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-Momen183-8> However, it is also permitted in Sunni <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni> Islam under certain circumstances.[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiya#cite_note-STROT-9> ]
