Koran thumper

English

Alternative forms

• Koran-thumper
• Quran thumper

Etymology

From Koran +‎ thumper, modelled on Bible thumper.

Noun

Koran thumper (plural Koran thumpers)

1. (derogatory) A Muslim fundamentalist, or a zealous Muslim.
   • 2011, Brad Thor, Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #2, link:

     […] but for all intents and purposes he's nothing more than a Koran thumper, a zealot.

   • 2011, Doug Crandall, All the Good Books Tell You So, →ISBN, page 76:

     I ain't no Bible thumper. Ain't no Koran thumper either.

   • 2014, Mark Crawford, A Poet Dreams, →ISBN, page 11:

     In each cellblock, there are sixty-four two-man cells. Here you find all types—from the atheist, the Bible thumper, the Koran thumper, the Buddhist, the con artist, to the certifiably insane.