Koran thumper

noun

A Muslim fundamentalist, or a zealous Muslim.

Meanings

nounKoran thumper (plural Koran thumpers)

plural Koran thumpers · alternative Koran-thumper · alternative Quran thumper

  1. derogatoryA Muslim fundamentalist, or a zealous Muslim.

    I ain't no Bible thumper. Ain't no Koran thumper either.

    2011, Doug Crandall, All the Good Books Tell You So, →ISBN, page 76
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    […] but for all intents and purposes he's nothing more than a Koran thumper, a zealot.

    2011, Brad Thor, Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #2, link

    In each cellblock, there are sixty-four two-man cells. Here you find all types—from the atheist, the Bible thumper, the Koran thumper, the Buddhist, the con artist, to the certifiably insane.

    2014, Mark Crawford, A Poet Dreams, →ISBN, page 11

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