kafirization

English

Etymology

From kafir +‎ -ization.

Noun

kafirization (uncountable)

1. The act or process of kafirizing.
   • 1997, Sunil Gokhale, “Why Indo-Pak ties are difficult”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):

     They can not accept such kafirization of Pak-stan

   • 2004, Stefan Aubrey, The New Dimension of International Terrorism, page 93:

     In their zeal to re-Islamicize their respective states, many revivalists engage in a process known as kafirization, or declaring those who are not like-politically minded (whether Muslim or non-Muslim) as infidels […]

   • 2004, Stan D'Souza, Ethical approaches to population, poverty, and conflict, page 298:

     If some in the Muslim world engage in a process of "kafirization," condemning all who disagree with their interpretation of Islam, Roman Catholicism has witnessed those, in the past and again today […]