Shiitize

From Shiite +‎ -ize.

Shiitize (third-person singular simple present Shiitizes, present participle Shiitizing, simple past and past participle Shiitized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become Shiite
   • 2007, NY trans, Weekend Carnage in Iraq; Sadrists Return to Parliament Group: uk.media

     Qatar-based Sunni preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Iran to cease trying to "Shiitize" the region and accused it of playing an unhelpful

   • 2006, Pacifist, Re: king abdollah on Iran, Iraq Group: Iranian Democratic Forum

     Some also address the endeavors to "Shiitize" some Sunnites in the region.

   • 2013, Sami Zemni, The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships:

     a former Saudi opponent and one of the most popular Islamic writers of the last decade, spoke of Iran's “gigantic efforts” to Shiitize Syria