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infidel

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1. infidel - Noun

2. infidel - Adjective

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Not holding the faith; -- applied esp. to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity.

One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is an infidel that is to say, he has never thought upon the subject. Samuel Johnson

Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort. Anne Rice

We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel.... Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood. Abu Bakar Bashir

Hunger is an infidel. Arabic Proverb

An infidel who does you good turn is not like a Muslim who does not. Swahili Proverb

He became an infidel hesitating between two mosques. Turkish Proverb

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