Kafir (English: “Infidel (Dutch colonizer)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Term used by Acehnese for the hated Dutch colonizer; agricultural advice initially rejected as interference by the ‘gehate kafir’.
Translation
Infidel (Dutch colonizer)
Description
Term used by Acehnese for the hated Dutch colonizer; agricultural advice initially rejected as interference by the ‘gehate kafir’.
Significance
The term Kafir is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.