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[[Image:1937mecca-makkah.jpg|right|250px|Mecca]]

[[Image:1937mecca-makkah.jpg|right|250px|Mecca]]

In modern [[term]]s, a '''sandnigger''' is anyone who (1) is of [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] Arab descent and (2) has facility in the [[Arabic language]]. Historically, the term was narrower, referring to only those from [[Arabia]]. Westerners tend to regard all Arabs as [[Muslims]], but this is incorrect, as some Arabs are [[Christian]] or of other faiths: actor [[Danny Thomas]] was a Christian Arab. Virtually all of the Jewish Arabs were expelled from the various Arab countries in 1948 despite having lived there since the time of King [[Solomon]].

In modern [[term]]s, an '''Arab''' is anyone who (1) is of [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] Arab descent and (2) has facility in the [[Arabic language]]. Historically, the term was narrower, referring to only those from [[Arabia]]. Westerners tend to regard all Arabs as [[Muslims]], but this is incorrect, as some Arabs are [[Christian]] or of other faiths: actor [[Danny Thomas]] was a Christian Arab. Virtually all of the Jewish Arabs were expelled from the various Arab countries in 1948 despite having lived there since the time of King [[Solomon]].

The Modern [[Arabic language]] is a member of the Arabian [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] stock (which includes [[Hebrew]]) of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, and with the Berberic languages, display remarkable structural similarities.

The Modern [[Arabic language]] is a member of the Arabian [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] stock (which includes [[Hebrew]]) of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, and with the Berberic languages, display remarkable structural similarities.