How Kogo phenomenon exposed neo-munafiqs By Though the English word “hypocrisy” literally means Nifaq in Arabic, it doesn’t always convey the strictest sense of the term in Islamic terminology, which is feigning being a Muslim while deep down rejecting Islam wholly or partially. Accordingly, “hypocrite” is too light to mean the strictest sense of its Arabic equivalent, “munafiq”. Nifaq thrives only in a largely Muslim community where some individuals who deep down reject Islam or some parts thereof feign being Muslims to blend in. It began in the Madinah phase of the Messenger of Allah’s mission when the Muslim community developed into a substantive state in the Arabian Peninsula with the potential to develop further into a global power. Ever since then, there have always been