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Kafirism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The kafir mindset

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, uncountable

Examples

  • 2007 Ranjit Matthews, Re: Senator calls for Mecca and Medina to be nuked in retaliation Group: soc.culture.indian If it were, it would lose because you can't defeat a religion militarily. You can. Jahaliya was cleansed out of Arabia. More recently, Sufism was eliminated in the Hejaz. Kafirism was wiped out in Kafiristan (Nuristan).
  • 2013 Satya D, Fwd: Muzaffarnagar: And this is what happened... Group: Stop Corruption Worldwide Jats and Muslims have had a longstanding alliance in this region,= so it came as a big surprise to many of them that idea of anti-Kafirism ha= d entered into Western UP with such violence. First few days were a complet= e surprise for Jats as they faced these relentless attacks by organized mob= s with unheard of weapons.
  • 1996 Hammad Awan, Look who's fool? Group: alt.religion.islam Ahmadiyya is equivalent to Kafirism. If the Ahmadis had any sort of respect, they would stop using the name of Islam, and start using the name of their own little deviant religion to spread it.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From kafir + -ism.