"Taqiyah." A word you should know.

Mark Helprin writes, in December of 1999, no less,
"The Encyclopaedia Britannica, a source with no known links to Ariel Sharon, describes it as "the practice of concealing one's belief," in which "the Qur'an allows Muslims to profess friendship with the unbelievers . . . on the condition that their hearts contradict their tongues." This is not merely a religious dispensation but a cultural pattern that debases the value of assurances and treaties."
If not a prophet, he's certainly a Daniel come to judgment.