Kafir (Arabic: كَافِر, romanized: kāfir; plural: كَافِرُون kāfirūn, كُفَّار kuffār, or كَفَرَة kafara; feminine: كَافِرَة kāfira; feminine plural: كَافِرَات...
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The Kafir harp is a traditional four- or five-stringed arched harp used by the Nuristanis native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan...
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Nuristanis (redirect from Lal-Posh Kafirs)
in Kafiristan and followed up his conquest with forced conversion of the Kafirs to Islam; the region thenceforth being known as Nuristan, the "Land of Light"...
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The Battle of Kafir Qala (Persian: نبرد کافر قلعه, romanized: Nabard-e Kāfir Qal'ah) was fought in June 1818 between Iran and the Durrani Empire. The Persians...
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Kaffir (redirect from Kafir (disambiguation))
Look up kaffir, Kaffir, or kafir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kaffir or Kafir may refer to: Kafir, a term for a non-Muslims Kaffir (racial term)...
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Kafir Kot or Kafirkot (Urdu: کافرکوٹ; Pashto: کافر کوټ) is an ancient Hindu temple complex in the Dera Ismail Khan district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
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Unbelief; non-Muslim belief (Kāfir = a non-Muslim, one who has received no Dispensation or Book; Kuffār plural of Kāfir). Surah Al-Mu'minun -Quran.com...
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The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson, illustrated by Arthur David McCormick, and published in 1896 by Lawrence...
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Kefir (redirect from Kafir (beverage))
Kefir (/kəˈfɪər/ kə-FEER; also spelled as kephir or kefier; Russian: кефир; Karachay-Balkar: гыпы) is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt or...
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mean "land [-stan] of the kafirs" in the Persian language, where the name کافر kafir is derived from the Arabic كافر kāfir, literally meaning a person...
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Kafir-kala 39°34′19″N 67°01′17″E / 39.572013°N 67.021506°E / 39.572013; 67.021506 Kafir-kala ("Fortress of the infidels") is an ancient fortress 12...
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Kafir, Idlib (Arabic: الكفير) is a Syrian village located in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central...
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black people being particularly common in South Africa. In Arabic, the word kāfir ("unbeliever") was originally applied to non-Muslims before becoming predominantly...
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Southern Bantu languages (redirect from Kafir-Sotho languages)
The Southern Bantu languages are a large group of Bantu languages, largely validated in Janson (1991/92). They are nearly synonymous with Guthrie's Bantu...
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Kaffir lily (redirect from Kafir lily)
Kaffir lily is a common name which may refer to the following ornamental plants: Clivia miniata in the family Amaryllidaceae Hesperantha coccinea syn....
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(Arabic: كُفر), Kefirah (Hebrew: כְּפִירָה) — negation of the faith; disbelief Kāfir (Arabic: كافِر), pl. Kuffār (كُفّار) and Kāfirīn (كافِرين), Kofer (Hebrew:...
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the Quran nor in the ḥadīth literature; instead, kufr ("unbelief") and kāfir ("unbeliever") and other terms employing the same triliteral root k-f-r...
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from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) was criticised for using the term "kafir harbi" (belligerent infidels) against the Democratic Action Party (DAP)...
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Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. "Islam An infidel."; Also: "Kaffir" - Arabic kāfir "unbeliever, infidel", Encarta World English Dictionary [North American...
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cause of Islam Fasiq – Open sinner, corrupt Fajir – Sinner (by action) Kafir – Disbeliever Munafiq – Hypocrite Groups Ahl al-Kitab – People of the Book...
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Musta'min (redirect from Kafir musta'min)
Mustaʾmīn or Musta'man (Arabic: مستأمن) is a historical Islamic term for a non-Muslim foreigner temporarily residing in Muslim lands with aman, or guarantee...
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found the Kafirs, mustered an army, and took over villages, all the while dreaming of building a unified nation or even an empire. The Kafirs were impressed...
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Africanis (redirect from Kafir Hound)
The Africanis is a dog landrace found across southern Africa. It is a medium-sized, short-coated dog, with a distinctive black patch around the front of...
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these things, though one can say that one (the doer) is a kafir outwardly, but one will be a kafir in reality if one rejects what the rasul (Islamic prophet...
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unbelieving jinn were tempted by the devils (shayatin) and are called kāfir jinn or jinn kāfir. Besides Islam, they could also practise Christianity and Judaism...
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non-Muslims or, more particularly, Christians in the Balkans. The terms "kafir", "gawur", and "rûm" (the last meaning "Rum millet") were commonly used...
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Nuristani languages (redirect from Kafiric languages)
G. (1975) [1973]. "Die Stellung der Kafirsprachen" [The position of the Kafir languages]. In Morgenstierne, G. (ed.). Irano-Dardica (in German). Wiesbaden:...
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them. There follows a description of the kafirs and munafiqs. The first of these verses uses the word kafir to describe one who conceals the truth, and...
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Munir, Vishal Mishra, Azeem Dayani, Sagar, Arushi Kaushal and Devendra Kafir. The song "Dekhha Tenu" is a remake of some part the song Say Shava Shava...
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was used to denote all the "Kafir" people in general; however, the Kalasha of Chitral weren't considered to be "true Kafirs" by the Kati people who were...
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