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Kafir (Arabic: كَافِر, romanized: kāfir; plural: كَافِرُون kāfirūn, كُفَّار kuffār, or كَفَرَة kafara; feminine: كَافِرَة kāfira; feminine plural: كَافِرَات kāfirāt or كَوَافِر kawāfir) is an Arabic term in Islam which refers to a person who disbelieves the God in Islam, denies his ...
For example, some texts of the Sunni sect of Islam include other sects of Islam such as Shia as infidel. [40] Certain sects of Islam, such as Wahhabism, include as kafir those Muslims who undertake Sufi shrine pilgrimage and follow Shia teachings about Imams. [41] [42] [43] [page needed] Similarly, in Africa and South Asia, certain sects of ...
The Kharijites broke away from both the Shias and the Sunnis during the First Fitna (the first Islamic Civil War); [216] they were particularly noted for adopting a radical approach to takfīr (excommunication), whereby they declared both Sunni and Shia Muslims to be either infidels (kuffār) or false Muslims (munāfiḳūn), and therefore ...
[183]: 18–25 Ulama of major sects of Islam consider the Ahmadi Muslim sect as kafirs (infidels) [183]: 8 and apostates. [184] [185] Under current laws in Islamic countries, the actual punishment for the apostate ranges from execution to prison term to no punishment.
In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1] [2] is the practice of dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice, primarily in Shia Islam.
10-11 The Muslims refreshed and comforted before the battle; 12 The angels enjoined to comfort the faithful by destroying the infidel Quraish; 13-14 Infidels are doomed to punishment here and hereafter; 15-16 Muslims are never to turn their backs on the infidels on pain of hell-fire; 17-18 The victory of Badr a miracle
A comprehensive list of discriminatory acts against American Muslims might be impossible, but The Huffington Post wants to document this deplorable wave of hate using news reports and firsthand accounts.
A number of different words for sin are used in the Islamic tradition. According to A. J. Wensinck's entry on the topic in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Islamic terms for sin include dhanb and khaṭīʾa, which are synonymous and refer to intentional sins; khiṭʾ, which means simply a sin; and ithm, which is used for grave sins.