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
In the process, many groups in these areas were more thoroughly Islamized.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The way was now clear, and with the help of pockets of Islamized Africans, Arab control of North Africa was achieved in 709.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
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
Not by warlike incursions, but by peaceful penetration, the Abyssinians are being Islamized.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
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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