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Islamocentric en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English Islamocentric From Islamo- + -centric.

Meanings

1. Centred on or overemphasizing Islam and/or Muslims.
   • The Rabat conference underscored the emergence of Islamocentric politics (as opposed to Nasser's brand of secular Arab socialism) in the Middle East, […] 2010, P. R. Kumaraswamy, India's Israel Policy, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 214:
   • The third view was Islamocentric in nature, maintaining that it is the point where the spiritual progress of all those who do not belong to Muhammad's community or follow his way comes to a standstill. 2007, Mohamed A. Mahmoud, Quest for Divinity: A Critical Examination of the Thought of Mahmud Muhammad Taha, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
   • The above courses have been under-resourced, hence marginalised, which has led to demands for Afrocentric or Islamocentric knowledge to counteract Eurocentrism. 1999, Rachel Mason, Doug Boughton, Beyond Multicultural Art Education: International Perspectives, Waxman, →ISBN, page 88:

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Synonyms

Muslimcentric