In today's day and age, 'taqiyya' has been used by Islamists and their apologists to deceive 'kafirs' (non-believers of Islam) into believing they are a well-wisher only to stab them in the back (figuratively) or behead them (literally).
Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal have been receiving death threats since over a month after a tweet by Alt News' Mohammed Zubair led to widespread violence