takfir

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Salafism
Sunni Islam
extremist groups
gptkbp:basisFor justification of violence by some extremist groups
gptkbp:cause gptkb:murder
excommunication
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:mainstream_Islam
gptkbp:debatedBy Islamic jurists
gptkbp:defines the act of declaring a Muslim to be a non-believer (kafir)
gptkbp:etymology from Arabic root K-F-R (to cover, to conceal, to disbelieve)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label takfir
gptkbp:opposedBy many Islamic scholars
gptkbp:relatedTo atheism
heresy
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Apostasy_in_Islam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7