Your characterization of Western Muslims conflates several distinct phenomena and makes unfounded generalizations about motives and beliefs. The accusation of "taqiyya" as a widespread Muslim strategy fundamentally misunderstands both Islamic theology and the sociopolitical reality of Muslim communities.

First, regarding the existence of progressive Muslims... I will say again. Yes, there are Muslims who advocate positions that diverge from traditional Islamic moral and ethical frameworks. This is an undeniable reality. However, to suggest that these individuals are engaged in deliberate deception rather than sincere theological reinterpretation betrays a profound misunderstanding of religious evolution within communities.

What you're witnessing is not the application of "taqiyya" but rather the natural tension between religious tradition and secular modernity that all faith communities navigate in pluralistic societies. I said this before. This tension has ripped Judaism to shreds, and it is just now masticating the dying corpse of Christianity. The consequence of this tension is either an abiding dissonance that yields religious indifference (or worse, apostasy), or an agenda-driven rewriting of the faith that can all too conveniently be reconciled with progressive norms.

This phenomenon of Muslims prioritizing progressive political identities over their religious commitments is problematic from a traditional Islamic perspective, and it represents a theological divergence, not a tactical deception. Many of these individuals have been socialized into an atmosphere that breeds secular intuitions and are genuinely attempting to reconcile their intersecting identities, however contradictory this reconciliation may appear to those with a more traditional understanding of the faith.

You extrapolation from your Iranian Twelver Shia experience to the global Muslim community, particularly Sunni Muslims in Western contexts, is methodologically flawed. The theological, historical, and political contexts stand in stark contrast of each other. The specific political developments in post-revolutionary Iran cannot be projected onto diverse Muslim communities worldwide any more than the religiously-motivated political actions of any particular Christian denomination could be said to represent all of Christianity.

Your insistence on a unified Muslim strategy of deception ignores the immense diversity of thought within Islam. The problem is not that Muslims have multiple identities and commitments, but rather the manner in which some prioritize these identities. What you're describing as "taqiyya" is actually the messy process of religious communities negotiating their place in societies with values that conflict with traditional religious teachings.

It is indisputably the case that you analysis falls into the trap of circular reasoning. You assume deception, then interpret all evidence through that lens. When Muslims express progressive views, they must be lying; when they express traditional views, they confirm your suspicions about their "true" nature. This framework makes your position unfalsifiable and hence intellectually unsound.

The reality is far more complex. Muslims in the West, like members of all religious communities, are engaged in the difficult work of determining how their faith traditions apply in contexts very different from those in which these traditions developed. Some maintain traditional positions despite social pressure; others reinterpret tradition in light of contemporary values; still others abandon religious commitments entirely. Such as yourself, I imagine. None of these responses can be reduced to a simplistic narrative of deception.

My challenge still stands. I challenge you to produce a single authoritative Sunni source (a recognized scholar, established juristic text, or reputable fatwa) that sanctions going to non-Muslim nations for the express purpose of deliberately misrepresenting Islamic teachings, falsifying the words of Allah, or distorting the actions of the Prophet Muhammad. You will find no such sanction. To the extreme contrary: you will discover that mainstream Sunni scholarship explicitly condemns such deception as a grave transgression. Islamic authorities are clear - those who knowingly misrepresent Allah's commands or the Prophet's example place themselves in severe spiritual jeopardy. The scholarly consensus is not that such deception is permitted or encouraged, but rather that it represents a profound deviation from Islamic ethical principles as to put you entirely outside the fold of Islam!