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infidel

[in-fi-dl, -del] / ˈɪn fɪ dl, -ˌdɛl /


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“Word battles were wild and furious; and Liberal soon became known, not only as an infidel or atheist town, but as a very strange town,” author J.P.

From Washington Times Jan. 8, 2017

Its slickest publication had been Dabiq, a magazine named for a Syrian town where, in the seventh century, Armageddon was prophesied to play out in an apocalyptic battle with infidel forces from the Roman Empire.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2016

He proudly calls himself an infidel and a deplorable.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2016

There was an assumption that they would be greeted as liberators, rather than infidel invaders - as shown by the removal of hard hats for soft berets in the early stages of occupation.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2016

Pius VI. died a prisoner in the hands of the infidel French revolutionists, August 29, 1799.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2026

A religious minority living in Iraq for nearly 6,000 years, the Yazidis were considered infidels by the IS fighters.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2023

The word “kuffar” is Arabic for nonbelievers or infidels.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2023

“The cease-fire allowed the Taliban to see that the Afghan people are not infidels, and it allowed the people to see that the Taliban are not abnormal,” Mojda said.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2018

The sultan gave him one of his female relatives in marriage, and the recreant knight appeared before Jerusalem at the head of an army of the infidels.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley




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