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Revision as of 22:51, 18 April 2006 by Netscott (talk | contribs) (rv - stop making false editorial comments, Britannica says, "Now considered pejorative".)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For the Infocom text adventure, see Infidel (computer game).An infidel (literally, "one without faith") is an unbeliever concerning central tenets of a religion, often used in a pejorative sense to describe those who explicitly deny them (especially regarding asserted aspects of a religion's deities). More generally, an infidel is one who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.
- In Christianity, "infidel" is an archaism now supplanted usually by "non-Christian".
- The pejorative word kafir (كافر) of Arabic origins dating from pre-Islam is used by Muslims to describe non-believers. It as well as its Turkish equivalent giaour, are terms usually translated into English as "infidel" or a synonym for "infidel", "unbeliever".