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'''''Takfir''''' is an Arabic term which refers to a person (a Muslim, specifically) in a conscious and willing state of [[sin]] who is in danger of being rejected by the community of fellow Muslims for non-belief. '''''Takfirism''''' is the controversial process of declaring a Muslim a ''kafir'', or unbelieving [[infidel]].  

'''''Takfir''''' is an Arabic term which refers to a person (a Muslim, specifically) in a conscious and willing state of [[sin]] who is in danger of being rejected by the community of fellow Muslims for non-belief. '''''Takfirism''''' is the controversial process of declaring a Muslim a ''kafir'', or unbelieving [[infidel]].  

Once a believer falls into sin, he is supposed to be admonished and granted time to [[repent]]. Scholars disagree how many believing witnesses are to approach the sinner with a warning and how long the sinner is given opportunity to change their behavior. Neither [[Osama bin Laden]], nor Juhayman al-Otaybi who led the [[1979 Grand Mosque Seizure]] were declared ''takfir'' by the Saudi religious establishment, only admonished to repent for causing the deaths of innocent people. Peter Edward Kassig, a humanitarian aid worker who converted to Islam and was never accused of killing anyone, was declared ''takfir'' by ISIS and beheaded. Some [[Salafist]]s maintain it only takes one Muslim to declare another Muslim ''takfir'', and thus a [[traitor]] to Islam - a more serious crime than being an simple ignorant infidel who never accepted the ''tawhid''.

Once a believer falls into sin, he is supposed to be admonished and granted time to [[repent]]. Scholars disagree how many believing witnesses are to approach the sinner with a warning and how long the sinner is given opportunity to change their behavior. Neither [[Osama bin Laden]], nor Juhayman al-Otaybi who led the [[1979 Grand Mosque Seizure]] were declared ''takfir'' by the Saudi religious establishment, only admonished to repent for causing the deaths of innocent people. Peter Edward Kassig, a humanitarian aid worker who converted to Islam and was never accused of killing anyone, was declared ''takfir'' by ISIS and beheaded. Some [[Salafist]]s maintain it only takes one Muslim to declare another Muslim ''takfir'', and thus a [[traitor]] to Islam - a more serious crime than being a simple ignorant infidel who never accepted the ''tawhid''.

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