kafirize

English

Alternative forms

• Kafirize

Etymology

From kafir +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become kafir.
2. (transitive, rare) To accuse another person of being a heretic against Islam.
   • 2004, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ray Takeyh, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet, Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 162:

     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^[1] (Usenet):

     No intention to kafirize 'non-believers'.

See also

• takfir