List of religious slurs
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The following is a list of religious slurs or religious insults in the English language that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about adherents or non-believers of a given religion or irreligion, or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or insulting manner.
Christians
Non-denominational
Protestants
Catholics
Oriental Orthodox
Assyrian Church of the East
Latter Day Saint movement
Jews
Muslims
Hindus
Buddhists
Sikhs
Zoroastrians
Yazidis
Scientologists
African religions
General non-believers
Giaour
Word for a person who is not Muslim, but especially for a Christian. Adapted from the Turkish gâvur. In the Ottoman Empire, it was usually applied to Orthodox Christians.
Heathen
A person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do.
Infidel
A term used generally for non-believers.
Kafir
A derogatory term used by Muslims for a person who is a non believer. Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir.
Murtad
A word meaning people who left Islam, mainly critics of Islam.
Mushrik
A person who doesn't believe in Tawhid (Islamic monotheism) and practices polytheism, worships idols, saints, ancestors or graves.
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