infidel
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“Word battles were wild and furious; and Liberal soon became known, not only as an infidel or atheist town, but as a very strange town,” author J.P.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 8, 2017
Its slickest publication had been Dabiq, a magazine named for a Syrian town where, in the seventh century, Armageddon was prophesied to play out in an apocalyptic battle with infidel forces from the Roman Empire.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
He proudly calls himself an infidel and a deplorable.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
There was an assumption that they would be greeted as liberators, rather than infidel invaders - as shown by the removal of hard hats for soft berets in the early stages of occupation.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2016
At the church door the king met her and escorted her in honor, for was not her husband away fighting the infidel for his monarch?
From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
The word “kuffar” is Arabic for nonbelievers or infidels.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
It alleged that they were "takfiris" - a term used to describe jihadists who see other Muslims as infidels.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
This wasn't only because the Western rulers were infidels.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
There the children are carried off by wild beasts, saved by princes and brought up; there the hero fights against the infidels.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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