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Noun

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bidah (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of bid'a

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Arabic بِدْعَة (bidʕa).

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Noun

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bidah (first-person possessive bidahku, second-person possessive bidahmu, third-person possessive bidahnya)

  1. (Islam) bid'a: heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship.
  2. (religion) heresy: a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs.