takfiri
Sign in to saveAlso known as Takfirism, Takfiris
Takfiri is an Arabic and Islamic term denoting a Muslim who excommunicates one of their coreligionists—i.e., who accuses another Muslim of being an apostate, or , 'one who turns back'.
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- native label
- تكفيري
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~31 min read
Article
27 sectionsContents
- Issues and criticisms
- Modern political uses
- Suicide
- Historical background
- Kharijites
- Colonial era and after
- Sayyid Qutb
- Late 20th and early 21st century
- Qutb and insurgents
- Egypt
- Algerian Civil War
- Afghanistan
- Al Qaeda
- War in Iraq (2013–2017) and aftermath
- Anti-Shia
- Broader takfir
- Attacks on Sufis
- Syrian civil war
- Boko Haram in Nigeria
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- Primary sources
- Further reading
- External links
Takfiri is an Arabic and Islamic term denoting a Muslim who excommunicates one of their coreligionists—i.e., who accuses another Muslim of being an apostate, or , 'one who turns back'.
According to the traditional interpretations of Islamic law (Sharia), the punishment for apostasy is death. Potentially a cause of strife and violence within the Muslim community (ummah), an ill-founded accusation of takfir is considered a major forbidden act (haram) in Islamic jurisprudence. Takfirism has been called a "minority ideology" that "advocates the killing of other Muslims declared to be unbelievers."