Infidel
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An infidel (literally, "one without faith") is an unbeliever concerning central tenets of a religion, often used in a pejorative sense to describe those who explicitly deny them (especially regarding asserted aspects of a religion's deities). More generally, an infidel is one who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.
- In Roman Catholic Christianity, "infidel" referred to those who do not believe in the divinity of Jesus. It is an archaism now supplanted by "non-Christian".
- In Islam, the word kafir (كافر), which is of Arabic origin and dates from pre-Islamic times, is used to refer to non-Muslims and is highly derogatory. Kafir, as well as its Turkish equivalent giaour, are terms usually translated into English as "infidel" or a synonym for "infidel", "unbeliever".
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