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Definition of "infidel" by the Merriam-Webster dictionary Definition of "unbeliever" by the Merriam-Webster dictionary Infidels: a history of the conflict between Christendom and Islam by Andrew Wheatcroft Random house, 2005
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 ...
Infidel A term used generally for non-believers. [128] Kafir A person who is a non believer. [129] Used by some Muslims. [130] Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir. Murtad A word meaning people who left Islam, mainly critics of Islam. [131] Mushrik
Mulhid (z plural ملحدون mulḥidun and ملاحدۃ malāḥidah) [1] is an Islamic religious term meaning apostate, atheist, infidel or heretic. [2] [3] In pre-Islamic times the term was used in the literal sense of the root l-ḥ-d: "incline, deviate". [2] Its religious meaning is based on the Quranic verses 7:180, 22:25, and 41:40.
Minority Shi‘a communities, since the earliest days of Islam, were often forced to practice pious circumspection (taqiyya) as an instinctive method of self-preservation and protection, an obligatory practice in the lands which became known as the realm of pious circumspection (dār al-taqiyya). Therefore, the recurring theme is that during ...
Quran 5:33 - Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam. [106] Quran 8:12 - Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur'an. [107] Quran 8:60 - Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels. [108] Quran 8:65 - The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them. [109]
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This position of the Ahmadi sect is not widely accepted in other sects of Islam, and the Ahmadi sect acknowledges that major sects have a different interpretation and definition of apostasy in Islam. [183]: 18–25 Ulama of major sects of Islam consider the Ahmadi Muslim sect as kafirs (infidels) [183]: 8 and apostates. [184] [185]