Philo-muslim

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Supporting or favouring Muslims.

    "Frederick - notorious among his contemporaries for his philo-Muslim tendencies; more than one pope accused him of being a Saracen himself - possessed a robust appetite for the Islamic sciences, and communicated amiably with Muslim leaders and philosophers during his career as monarch."

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"Frederick - notorious among his contemporaries for his philo-Muslim tendencies; more than one pope accused him of being a Saracen himself - possessed a robust appetite for the Islamic sciences, and communicated amiably with Muslim leaders and philosophers during his career as monarch."

Etymology

From philo- + Muslim.

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