Islamocentric

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adjective

Centred on or overemphasizing Islam and/or Muslims.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveIslamocentric (comparative more Islamocentric, superlative most Islamocentric)

comparative more Islamocentric · superlative most Islamocentric

  1. Centred on or overemphasizing Islam and/or Muslims.

    The Rabat conference underscored the emergence of Islamocentric politics (as opposed to Nasser's brand of secular Arab socialism) in the Middle East, […]

    2010, P. R. Kumaraswamy, India's Israel Policy, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 214
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    The above courses have been under-resourced, hence marginalised, which has led to demands for Afrocentric or Islamocentric knowledge to counteract Eurocentrism.

    1999, Rachel Mason, Doug Boughton, Beyond Multicultural Art Education: International Perspectives, Waxman, →ISBN, page 88

    The third view was Islamocentric in nature, maintaining that it is the point where the spiritual progress of all those who do not belong to Muhammad's community or follow his way comes to a standstill.

    2007, Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Quest for Divinity: A Critical Examination of the Thought of Mahmud Muhammad Taha, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 47

    Synonyms: Muslimcentric

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCentred on or overemphasizing Islam and/or Muslims.

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  8. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  9. Ancient Greekκεντρικός (kentrikós)
  10. EnglishIslamocentric

From Islamo- + -centric.

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