Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- الأمم
- Transliteration
- al-umam
- Rejected alternatives
- الكفار
Gentiles
الكفار (unbelievers) is a loaded Islamic religious-judgment term and must never be used for the ethnic-neutral sense of ‘Gentiles.’ الأمم (the nations, plural) shares a root with the loaded singular الأمة (Ummah) but the plural generic sense is safe and standard.
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