Appendix:English terms for religious opponents

There are a number of words to denote religious opponents that bear specific meanings in particular contexts. Many of these words may be used in pejorative sense, as a token of religious intolerance.

Terms with meanings of "renegade" or "opponent"

 * antichrist
 * apostate
 * heretic
 * Rafidha (see Rafida for the meaning)
 * schismatic
 * Formerly, the word pervert meant one who changed to an erroneous religion (in the 20th century it came to mean a sexual pervert).

Terms that mean "not of our religion"

 * heathen (not a Christian)
 * infidel (not a Christian or not a Muslim)
 * kafir (a person who is not a Muslim)
 * pagan (not of monotheistic religion)
 * gentile (not a Jew; not a Mormon)
 * goy (not a Jew)
 * Yavanas/Mleccha(outsiders, Not a Hindu)
 * English (not Amish)

Those who deny, oppose or restrict the influence of religion

 * agnostic
 * atheist
 * laicist
 * secularist