Islamization or Islamification (pejorative Muhammadization) has been used to describe the process of a society's conversion to the religion of Islam

Islam

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. In contemporary usage, it may refer to the perceived imposition of an Islamist social and political discourse on a society with a tradition of a more varied interpretation of Islam.

The English synonyms, muslimization and arabization, in use since before 1940 (e.g., Waverly Illustrated Dictionary) convey a similar meaning.