Islamization (also spelled
Islamisation, see spelling differences; ),
Islamicization or
Islamification (pejorative
Muhammadization) is the process of a society's shift towards Islam, such as found in
Sudan,
Pakistan,
Iran, Malaysia, or Algeria. In contemporary usage, it may refer to the perceived imposition of an
Islamist social and political system on a society with an indigenously different social and political background.