Meanings
present singular third person Islamizes · participle present Islamizing · participle past Islamized · past Islamized · alternative UK Islamise
- 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
- Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
- EnglishIslam
- EnglishIslamize
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
Cite this entry
Islamize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize
“Islamize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamize.
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