Koran thumper

English

Alternative forms

Koran-thumper
Quran thumper

Etymology

Koran +‎ thumper, modelled on Bible thumper.

Noun

Koran thumper (plural Koran thumpers)

(derogatory) 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.
- 2011, Doug Crandall, All the Good Books Tell You So, →ISBN, page 76:
  I ain't no Bible thumper. Ain't no Koran thumper either.
- 2014, Mark Crawford, A Poet Dreams, →ISBN, 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.

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