Islamize

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verb

To convert to Islam.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verbIslamize (third-person singular simple present Islamizes, present participle Islamizing, simple past and past participle Islamized)

present singular third person Islamizes · participle present Islamizing · participle past Islamized · past Islamized · alternative UK Islamise

  1. To convert to Islam.
  2. To make someone, or a society, conform to Islamic law.
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    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.”

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to conform to Islamic law

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verbconvert to Islam

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Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamize

From Islam + -ize.

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Translations

Bulgarian помохамедáнча, потурча
  • помохамедáнча (pomohamedánča)convert to Islam
  • потурча (poturča)convert to Islam
  • помохамедáнча (pomohamedánča)make conform to Islamic law
  • потурча (poturča)make conform to Islamic law
Catalan islamitzar
  • islamitzarconvert to Islam
Dutch islamiseren
  • islamiserenconvert to Islam
Esperanto islamigi, islamigi
  • islamigiconvert to Islam
  • islamigimake conform to Islamic law
French islamiser, islamiser
  • islamiserconvert to Islam
  • islamisermake conform to Islamic law
German islamisieren, islamisieren
  • islamisierenconvert to Islam
  • islamisierenmake conform to Islamic law
Italian islamizzare, islamizzare
  • islamizzareconvert to Islam
  • islamizzaremake conform to Islamic law
Portuguese islamizar, islamizar
  • islamizarconvert to Islam
  • islamizarmake conform to Islamic law
Russian исламизировать
  • исламизировать (islamizirovatʹ)convert to Islam
Spanish islamizar, islamizar
  • islamizarconvert to Islam
  • islamizarmake conform to Islamic law
Swedish islamisera
  • islamiseramake conform to Islamic law
Turkish İslamlaştırmak
  • İslamlaştırmakconvert to Islam
Vietnamese Hồi giáo hóa, Hồi giáo hóa
  • Hồi giáo hóaconvert to Islam
  • Hồi giáo hóamake conform to Islamic law
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APA

Islamize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize

MLA

“Islamize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize.

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