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• Kafirize

Verb

kafirize ‎(third-person singular simple present kafirizes, present participle kafirizing, simple past and past participle kafirized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become kafir
   • 2004 Nikolas Gvosdev, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet

     The practice of Islamists to kafirize their opponents (that is, to declare them unbelievers or pagans)13 further widens the gap between the radicals and the mainstream

   • 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.”

   • 1993 Uma Ramamurthy, India-D Digest - Aug 20 Group: bit.listserv.india-d

     No intention to kafirize 'non-believers'