Takfir

Takfir is a word that says that another person who calls himself a Muslim is actually not a Muslim. The word is not mentioned in the hadith or Qur'an but is based of the words kufr (unbelief) and kafir (unbeliever) and other similar terms. Since under Sharia, the punishment for leaving Islam is death, and a possible cause of argument and violence within the Muslims,Karawan, Ibrahim A. (1995). "Takfīr". In John L. Esposito. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. as a false takfir is considered as minor shirk.Shiraz Maher, Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea, Penguin UK (2017), p. 75 Normally, only scholars of Islam can make takfir excluding groups such as the Khawarji who takfir both followers of Sunnism and Shi'ism.Kepel, Gilles; Jihad: the Trail of Political Islam, London: I.B. Tauris, 2002, p. 31 

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