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To avoid offence, terms such asorang bukan Islam andorang bukan Muslim, respectively meaning a person who is "non-Islam" and a person who is "non-Muslim", are often used instead.
1910,Sven Hedin,Öfver land till Indien I[5], Albert Bonnier, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived fromthe original on2025-03-30, page157:
Men jag är »kafir» i deras ögon och muhamedanerna äta icke från samma fat som en hedning.
But I'm a "kafir" in their eyes, and Mohammedans don't eat from the same plate as a pagan.
2015 June 8,Maria Rashidi, “'När får vi vårt första svenska förortskalifat?'”, inGöteborgs-Posten[6], archived fromthe original on2024-04-06:
Egentligen talar hon om islamister som – till skillnad från många liberala, demokratiska och sekulära muslimer – anser att västerlänningar/kafirer är fiender till deras Gud.
In reality, she's talking about islamists who – in contrast to many liberal, democratic, and secular Muslims – think that Westerners/kafirs are enemies of their God.
2017 May 15,Magda Gad, “Kan bli de värsta striderna hittills”, inExpressen[7], archived fromthe original on2024-04-25:
Saudis kungahus [...] välkomna[de] [...] amerikanska soldater,kafirer som inte tror på islam, till saudisk helig mark.
The Saudi royal family welcomed American soldiers,kafirs who don't believe in Islam, to Saudi holy ground.