kafirize

English

Alternative forms
  • Kafirize

Etymology

kafir +‎ -ize

Verb

kafirize (third-person singular simple present kafirizes, present participle kafirizing, simple past and past participle kafirized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become kafir.
    • 2004, Nikolas Gvosdev, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet:
      The practice of Islamists to kafirize their opponents (that is, to declare them unbelievers or pagans) further widens the gap between the radicals and the mainstream
    • 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.”
    • 1993 August 20, Uma Ramamurthy, India-D Digest, in bit.listserv.india-d, Usenet:
      No intention to kafirize 'non-believers'.

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