Kafirize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Kafirize is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become kafir.
Meaning
(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become kafir.
More Meanings
- (transitive, rare) To accuse another person of being a heretic against Islam.
Example Sentences
No intention to kafirize 'non-believers'.
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.”
Word Forms
- kafirizes
- kafirizing
- kafirized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include atheist, demuslimize, revert, hereticize, atheize, dereligionise.
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