This paper examines discourses around the religious and social practice of taqiyya among members of the Sulaymani Isma'ili community in Saudi Arabia. Isma'ilism, in the context of 1200 years of anti-Shi'a discrimination, cultivated the practice known as taqiyya (Arabic, 'circum...
For some of these individuals, taqiyya is an essential and timeless practice, while for others, the meaning has been reshaped by the recent socio-political reforms. Keywords: taqiyya; chronotope; narratives; secrecy; Islam; Isma‘ilism 1. Introduction It is often the case, in histories of ...