{"id":1039,"date":"2012-09-18T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/why-do-muslims-abuse-non-muslims-by-calling-them-kafirs\/"},"modified":"2012-09-18T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:35:48","slug":"why-do-muslims-abuse-non-muslims-by-calling-them-kafirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/why-do-muslims-abuse-non-muslims-by-calling-them-kafirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them Kafirs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1038\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/09\/flower_20110108_smile-in-rain.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"346\" height=\"258\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px 10px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Answer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kafir means one who rejects.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u2018Kafir\u2019 is derived from the word \u2018kufr\u2019, which means to conceal or to reject. In Islamic terminology, \u2018Kafir\u2019 means one who conceals or rejects the truth of Islam and a person who rejects Islam is in English called a \u2018non-Muslim\u2019. If a \u2018non-Muslim\u2019 considers being called a \u2018non-Muslim\u2019 or \u2018Kafir\u2019, which are one and the same, an abuse, it is due to his misunderstanding about Islam. He or she needs to reach out to proper sources of understanding Islam and Islamic terminology, and not only will he not feel abused but appreciate Islam in the proper perspective.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">By: Dr zakir karim Naik<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer Kafir means one who rejects. \u2018Kafir\u2019 is derived from the word \u2018kufr\u2019, which means to conceal or to reject. In Islamic terminology, \u2018Kafir\u2019 means one who conceals or rejects&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misconceptions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them Kafirs? - Right Islam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them Kafirs?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/why-do-muslims-abuse-non-muslims-by-calling-them-kafirs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them Kafirs? 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