Takfiri vs Kufr - What's the difference?
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(Islam) A radical Muslim who excommunicates other Muslims, or accuses them of apostasy.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 28, author=Stephen Farrell, title=Strife and Ice, Staples of Life, Overlap in Iraq, work=New York Times
, passage=“In Ghazaliya, it is forbidden to sell ice because the takfiris said, ‘The Prophet Muhammad had no ice in his time,’ ” said Khatan Kareem, a manager at the factory where the drivers worked, shaking his head at the absurdity. }}
Takfiri is a related term of kufr.
As nouns the difference between takfiri and kufr
is that takfiri is (islam) a radical muslim who excommunicates other muslims, or accuses them of apostasy while kufr is someone who does not believe in islam.takfiri
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Alternative forms
* TakfiriNoun
(en noun)citation
- Takfiris are typically opposed to Shiites .