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

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

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]].

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. However, Most Arabic Arabs follow the [[Muslim]] religion.  This religion often drives them to despise western cultures and religions.  This was said to be the driving cause behind Arabs being behind [[9/11]].  Due to the extremism of there religion almost 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.

 

==Arab American==

==Arab American==