Arabs

From Metapedia
(Redirected from Arab)
Jump to: navigation, search

Arabs originally referred to semitic peoples who populated countries from Mesopotamia to the the Arabian Peninsula for millennia.

History

With the spread of the Arabic language and subsequent Islamization, the term may refer to individuals or peoples who natively speak the Arabic language. The "Arab world" may also refer to the Arabic-speaking countries that make up the members of the Arab League.

"An Arab is a person whose language is Arabic, who lives in an Arabic country, and who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the Arabic people."

There is debate over whether Islam as a religion constitutes Arab imperialism, or alternatively, to what degree there have been or is a trend or attempts towards making non-Arab Muslims into Arab Muslims, not just regarding language, but also other cultural aspects, sometimes referred to as Arabization. There have frequently been conflicts between Arab and non-Arab Muslims.[1]

See also

External links

Encyclopedias

References