infidel

“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

Then I remembered that the brave Sir John was a pious and a God-fearing man; and that the veriest infidel sneers not at religion in the mouth of him, whose heart is fearless and true.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young

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

Thou hast converted the cowardice of these infidels into desperate valour, and hast made peasants and boors victorious over armed men of battle!'

From The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole