Kafir (Arabic: كَافِر, romanized: kāfir; plural: كَافِرُون kāfirūn, كُفَّار kuffār, or كَفَرَة kafara; feminine: كَافِرَة kāfira; feminine plural: كَافِرَات...
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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 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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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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Kefir (redirect from Kafir (beverage))
Kefir (/kəˈfɪər/ kə-FEER; also spelled as kephir or kefier; Russian: кефир; Polish: kefir; Karachay-Balkar: гыпы) is a fermented milk drink similar to...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 lime (redirect from Kafir lime)
citrus fragrance. "Kaffir" is thought to ultimately derive from the Arabic kafir, meaning infidel, though the mechanism by which it came to be applied to...
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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 on the outside of...
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Hijra in AD 622, the concept of kafir was expanded upon, with Jews and Christians included. The expanded term kafir refers to anyone who disbelieves...
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Kafir-kala (Tajikistan) 37°35′20″N 68°38′47″E / 37.588861°N 68.646444°E / 37.588861; 68.646444 Kafir-kala ("Fortress of the infidels") is an ancient...
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Alishang River in the west. Kafiristan took its name from the enduring kafir (non-Muslim) Nuristani inhabitants who once followed a distinct form of...
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Arabic term for village Kafir, an Arabic term for an infidel Kafr, Iran, a village All pages with titles beginning with Kafr Kafir (disambiguation) Al-Kafr...
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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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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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Eslam Qaleh (redirect from Kafir Qal'eh)
Eslam Qaleh (Persian: اسلام قلعه) may refer to: Eslam Qaleh, Mashhad, Iran Eslam Qaleh, Sarakhs, Iran Islam Qala, a town in Herat Province, Afghanistan...
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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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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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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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term of iman (faith) is kufr (disbelief), and the opposite of mumin is kafir (disbeliever). The Quran states: O believers! Have faith in Allah, His Messenger...
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cowrie shells. For this reason, they are known in Chitral as "the Black Kafirs". Men have adopted the Pakistani shalwar kameez, while children wear small...
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Sorghum (redirect from Kafir corn)
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum (/ˈsɔːrɡəm/) and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species...
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(Shi'ites) Raghead Wog Jews Christ killer Jewish-American princess (JAP) Kafir Khazar (Ashkenazi Jews) Kike Marrano (Conversos / Crypto-Jews) Rootless...
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campaign in the name of Islam. Today the term majus is distinct from Arabic kafir "unbeliever". Persian gabr is no longer synonymous with majus. Subsequent...
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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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Arabic kafir "unbeliever," but this theory has been rejected on linguistic grounds both phonetic and semantic: "there is no unusual sound in kafir that...
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