"Kafir" meaning non-believer or infidel

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“Kafir” is an Arabic-derived term historically used in Islamic contexts to denote a non-believer or infidel, often carrying strong religious and sometimes pejorative connotations.

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Label Occurrences
"Kafir" meaning non-believer or infidel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic loanword ⓘ
religious term ⓘ
appearsInTextType Islamic legal texts ⓘ
Islamic theological texts ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ
contrastsWith Muslim ⓘ
mu’min (believer) ⓘ
hasConnotation pejorative ⓘ
religious ⓘ
hasCulturalDimension can reflect power relations between communities ⓘ
hasEtymologicalOriginLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasHistoricalUsage pre-modern Islamic societies ⓘ
hasInterpretationVariation differs across historical periods ⓘ
differs across regions ⓘ
differs among Islamic scholars ⓘ
hasLegalDimension used historically in some Islamic legal classifications ⓘ
hasMeaning infidel ⓘ
non-believer ⓘ
hasModernUsage Islamist rhetoric ⓘ
contemporary Muslim discourse ⓘ
hasPluralForm kuffar ⓘ
kuffār ⓘ
hasRootForm k-f-r (Arabic root) ⓘ
hasSocialImpact can be perceived as offensive ⓘ
can mark in-group versus out-group ⓘ
hasVariantForm kāfir ⓘ
isConsideredSensitiveTermIn interfaith dialogue ⓘ
modern multicultural societies ⓘ
isSubjectOfDebate Islamic theology ⓘ
hate speech discussions ⓘ
interfaith relations ⓘ
relatedConcept kufr ⓘ
semanticField belief and unbelief ⓘ
religious identity ⓘ
usedBy some Muslims to denote non-believers ⓘ
some extremist groups in a derogatory way ⓘ
usedInLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language

various Islamic languages ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam ⓘ
usedToDescribe non-Muslim ⓘ
religious unbeliever ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kafirs of Kafiristan → etymologyOfName → "Kafir" meaning non-believer or infidel ⓘ