Islamize

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From Islam +‎ -ize.

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Islamize (third-person singular simple present Islamizes, present participle Islamizing, simple past and past participle Islamized)

  1. To convert to Islam.
  2. To make someone, or a society, conform to Islamic law.
    • 1999, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University John L. Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?: Myth or Reality?
      In particular, many are challenged to avoid, in their zeal to Islamize state and society, a tendency to “kafirize.”

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