1. kafir - Noun
2. Kafir - Proper noun
One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kafir. Mahatma Gandhi
After Guru Arjun Deva had been tortured and done to death by Jahangir, he [Ahmad Sirhindi] wrote in letter No. 193 that "the execution of the accursed kafir of Gobindwal is an important achievement and is the cause of the great defeat of the Hindus.”. Guru Arjan
I laughed in recognition when Joe got stuck in a miserable spot near Herat in far western Afghanistan: I too had languished in the tiny, squalid, xenophobic outpost of Islam Qala (also known as Kafir Qala). Source: Internet
Indeed, according to classical commentators, the reverse seems to hold true, in that Muhammad reportedly equated the act of declaring someone a kafir itself to blasphemy if the accused individual maintained that he was a Muslim. Source: Internet
That's because when Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah responded to their 2006 announcement by publicly denouncing them and saying 'we have got nothing to do with Al Qaeda', their response was to announce, 2 weeks afterward, that 'all Shi'as are Kafir'. Source: Internet
Hassan issued a religious ordinance that any Somali national who did not accept the goal of unity of Somalia and would not fight under his leadership would be considered as kafir or gaal. Source: Internet