non-Muslim
noun
non-Mus·lim
ˌnän-ˈməz-ləm 
-ˈmu̇s-,
-ˈmu̇z-
plural non-Muslims
: a person who is not a Muslim
non-Muslim
adjective
non-Muslim groups/regions
Examples of non-Muslim in a Sentence
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For Muslims, living in the U.S. and other non-Muslim countries, this means, requesting the day off to celebrate is a challenging situation.
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Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Attendees of Meddings’ retreats have included three generations of women from the same family, a widow who hadn’t traveled since her husband had passed away, and non-Muslim women who are simply searching for a women-only space in which to relax.
—Sarah Shaffi, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
That would break a precedent under which non-Muslim visitors are only permitted to enter Haram Sharif between early morning and noon Muslim prayers for the first 20 days of Ramadan.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Modi earlier this year opened a temple on a site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, and the government this week enacted a law that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim immigrants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
In other words, first non-Muslim refugees would be allowed citizenship.
—Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
In northeast India’s Assam state, protests broke out over fears that a sudden influx of non-Muslim migrants from neighboring Bangladesh might change the local cultural fabric.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, Muslim minorities are worried about their rights in several non-Muslim countries ruled by populist nationalists.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
And coercion is not the only issue, large numbers of Kafir Kalash have converted to Islam in a Pakistan where being a non-Muslim, let alone a pagan, is simply very difficult.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Attendees of Meddings’ retreats have included three generations of women from the same family, a widow who hadn’t traveled since her husband had passed away, and non-Muslim women who are simply searching for a women-only space in which to relax.
—Sarah Shaffi, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
That would break a precedent under which non-Muslim visitors are only permitted to enter Haram Sharif between early morning and noon Muslim prayers for the first 20 days of Ramadan.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Modi earlier this year opened a temple on a site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, and the government this week enacted a law that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim immigrants.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
In other words, first non-Muslim refugees would be allowed citizenship.
—Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
In northeast India’s Assam state, protests broke out over fears that a sudden influx of non-Muslim migrants from neighboring Bangladesh might change the local cultural fabric.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, Muslim minorities are worried about their rights in several non-Muslim countries ruled by populist nationalists.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
And coercion is not the only issue, large numbers of Kafir Kalash have converted to Islam in a Pakistan where being a non-Muslim, let alone a pagan, is simply very difficult.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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“Non-Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Muslim. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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