Islamize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to convert to Islam.
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to bring into a state of harmony or conformity with the principles and teachings of Islam; give an Islamic character or identity to.
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“I absolutely think Ennahdha would like to Islamize society,” Monica Marks, the American doctoral candidate, said.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
Sometime in the 1000s, the dynasty Islamized, possibly under Za Kusay, whom the History of the Sudan remembers as the first Muslim ruler of Songhai.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Eventually these peoples Islamized and became great empire builders themselves.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
In the process, many groups in these areas were more thoroughly Islamized.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
That December, a new group appeared in the area: the Uqba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, named for the seventh-century Arab commander who conquered and Islamized Tunisia.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
When Arabia Islamized, the practice changed its element for proselytism.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Some of the older jihadists advised Saleh to immunize the state from attacks by Islamizing it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2010
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