English

Alternative forms

• Koran-thumper
• Quran thumper

Noun

Koran thumper ‎(plural Koran thumpers)

1. (pejorative) a Muslim fundamentalist, or a zealous Muslim.
   • 2011, Brad Thor, Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #2, link:

     […] but for all intents and purposes he's nothing more than a Koran thumper, a zealot.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Doug Crandall, All the Good Books Tell You So (ISBN 1105154645), page 76:

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

   • 2014, Mark Crawford, A Poet Dreams (ISBN 1493176374), page 11:

     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.