Meanings
present singular third person kafirizes · participle present kafirizing · participle past kafirized · past kafirized · alternative Kafirize
- ambitransitiverareTo make or become kafir.
- raretransitiveTo accuse another person of being a heretic against Islam.
No intention to kafirize 'non-believers'.
1993 August 20, Uma Ramamurthy, “India-D Digest”, in bit.listserv.india-d (Usenet)2 more examples
The practice of Islamists to kafirize their opponents (that is, to declare them unbelievers or pagans) further widens the gap between the radicals and the mainstream
2004, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ray Takeyh, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet, Westport, Connecticut; London: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 1621999, 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.”
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kafirize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kafirize
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