Are you Muslim yourself.Are you? (I'm not, btw) Also, as mentioned above in >>35, Muhammed's violation of his treaty with the Meccans was not claimed to be an example of Taqiyya, though it was definitely deceptive. >>39 was talking about Taqiyya specifically, and Taqiyya IS a specific form of deception, namely denying Islamic faith when doing so is necessary to avoid persecution and danger. Breaking a treaty really isn't in that category, so I don't think it would be classified as Taqiyya.