Note: Original-language term required. An ethnic group in the Hindu Kush described by this term is classified into black-robed and red-robed branches.
Note: Original-language term required. An ethnic group in the Hindu Kush described by this term is classified into black-robed and red-robed branches. This term originally described farmers who buried their seeds in the ground. The 109th Sura is addressed to a group of these people. There are usually eight or ten listed motivations for people described by this term, including stubbornness, rejection, denial, and hypocrisy. Mushrik is often used interchangeably with this term in the Qu'ran. Mu'tazilite jurists preferred to use an intermediate term between this one and its opposite, mu'min, for people who commit (*) grave sins and died before repenting. Takfir is the act of accusing a Muslim of being this type of person, whose name derives from a Semitic root meaning "to cover." Muhammad addressed these people with the oft quoted line "To you your religion, and to me mine." For 10 points, name this Arabic-language term for unbelievers, which has been co-opted into a derogatory racial term for black Africans.
Note: Original-language term required. An ethnic group in the Hindu Kush described by this term is classified into black-robed and red-robed branches.
kafir [or kaffirun; or kuffar; or kafirah; or kufr; or mushrik before it is mentioned]