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{{Short description|Muslims who live contrary to central Islamic dogmas}}
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'''Zindīq''' (pl. '''zanādiqa''') is a medievalan [[Islam]]ic term applied by Muslims to individuals who are considered to hold views or follow practices that are contrary to central Islamic dogmas.<ref name="Lewis">{{citation|last=Lewis|first=Bernard|title=Islam in history: ideas, people, and events in the Middle East|publisher=Open Court|year=1993|page=287}}.</ref> '''Zandaqa''' is the noun describing these views.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|author=Blois, F.C. De|title=Zindīḳ| year= 2012 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam| edition=2nd|publisher=Brill |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1389|editor1=P. Bearman|editor2= Th. Bianquis|editor3= C.E. Bosworth|editor4= E. van Donzel|editor5= W.P. Heinrichs|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1389}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
 
Zanadiqa is usually translated as "heresy" and often used to "underscore the seriousness" of the religious error of the accused Muslim. It originally referred to the [[Manichaeism|Manichaean Religion]], but "soon came" to be applied to Muslims who concealed their deviant beliefs.<ref name="Adang-2015-18">{{cite book |last1=Adang |first1=Camilla |last2=Ansari |first2=Hassan |last3=Fierro |first3=Maribel |title=Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfīr |date=2015 |publisher=Brill |page=18 |isbn=9789004307834 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nf_dCgAAQBAJ&q=takfir+in+islam |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>