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Athiest vs Infidel - What's the difference?

athiest | infidel |

As nouns the difference between athiest and infidel

is that athiest is while infidel is one who does not believe in a certain religion.

athiest

English

Noun

(head)
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  • , year = 2003 , title = Islam: Questions and Answers - Schools of Thought, Religions and Sects , author = Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman , quotee = Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid , volume = 8 , publisher = MSA Publication Limited , isbn = 9781861792914 , page = 89 , passage = The athiest' is destined to Hell fire in the Hereafter. This is because the ' athiest refuses the most basic belief which is the existance(SIC) and oneness of Allaah. , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xcPwGmYwCKUC&pg=PA89 }}
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  • , year = 2004 , title = Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong , author = Alan Colmes , publisher = HarperCollins , isbn = 0060562978 , quotee = "Mr. S" (username) , page = 281 , passage = If you were an honest journelist(SIC) you would admit that you were an athiest and love to see a birth canal baby die with with(SIC) a shot of fermaldihide(SIC) in the brain. , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=bXq-6gltFDgC&pg=PA281 }}

    infidel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who does not believe in a certain religion.
  • * V. Knox
  • The infidel writer is a great enemy to society.
    The Imam said that all non-Muslims are considered to be infidels .
  • One who does not believe in a certain principle.
  • One with no religious beliefs.
  • Synonyms

    * unbeliever * non-believer * nonbeliever * (one with no religious beliefs) atheist

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