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  2. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Infidel A term used generally for non-believers. [127] Kafir A person who is a non believer. [128] Used by some Muslims. [129] Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir. Murtad A word meaning people who left Islam, mainly critics of Islam. [130] Mushrik

  3. Kafir - Wikipedia

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    By extension of the basic meaning of the root, 'to cover', the term is used in the Quran in the senses of ignore/fail to acknowledge and to spurn/be ungrateful. [3] The meaning of 'disbelief', which has come to be regarded as primary, retains all of these connotations in the Quranic usage. [ 3 ]

  4. Infidel - Wikipedia

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    An infidel (literally "unfaithful") is a person who is accused of disbelief in the central tenets of one's own religion, such as members of another religion, or irreligious people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  5. Giaour - Wikipedia

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    Giaour (a Turkish adaptation of the Persian gâwr or gōr, an infidel), a word used by the Turks to describe all who are not Mohammedans, with especial reference to Christians. The word, first employed as a term of contempt and reproach, has become so general that in most cases no insult is intended in its use; for example in parts of China ...

  6. Glossary of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The interior or hidden meaning. A person who devotes himself to studying such hidden meanings is a batini. B.B.H.N. (والسلام) Blessed be His Name – acronym for S.A.W.S. See P.B.U.H (Peace Be Upon Him). Bidʿah (بدعة) Innovation in religion, i.e. inventing new methods of worship.

  7. Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    This is a completely new translation from the original languages. This uses modern, understandable Urdu. It includes more vocabulary that is easily understood by a Muslim readership. The Urdu Contemporary Version (UCV) Urdu Hamasar Tarjama of the New Testament was published by Biblica in 2015. The Old Testament is still in preparation.

  8. Taqiyya - Wikipedia

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    The technical meaning of the term taqiyya is thought [by whom?] to be derived from the Quranic reference to religious dissimulation in Sura 3:28: Believers should not take disbelievers as guardians instead of the believers—and whoever does so will have nothing to hope for from Allah—unless it is a precaution against their tyranny.

  9. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi पश्मीना, Urdu پشمينه, ultimately from Persian پشمينه. Punch from Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. [15] [16] The original drink was named paantsch. Pundit