We Are Christians Too.

April 20, 2008 by Bakkouz  
Filed under Social

Isn’t it startling how many people in the west do not realize that not all Arabs are Muslims?

I was having a conversation with a friend from Bulgaria the other day, and I mentioned to her that there is a good amount of Christians in Jordan, and that Christians and Muslims live in brotherhood and complete harmony. In fact you will see Mosques and Churches right next to each other, like in Al Abdali area, This totally took her by surprise and she thought i was joking.

Interesting, isn’t it?

I do not have solid numbers but I’m willing to bet that most westerners, especially in the United States, think that words Arab and Muslim are pretty much the same. they somehow forget that Jesus, Peace be upon him, was born here, that the middle east is the birth place of Christianity. Thus naturally There are significant populations of Arab Christians throughout the region, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Northern Africa and Palestine/Israel.

Another fact that seems to allude them is that Arabs are Semites, We’ve all heard the term anti-Semitism being used — often to describe Arabs. While antisemitism does specifically indicate hatred for Jews, Being an Arab is not a religion, Arabs are part of an ethnic group, Arabs were around long before Islam, and there have been (and still are) Arab Christians and Arab Jews. and even though you can’t really compare Arabs and Jews, since one is an ethnic group and the other is a religion, many don’t realize that its a paradox to call an Arab an Antisemitic.

So that’s that.

And here’s a quick note for my American and western readers, its pronounced Muslim with an S, not Muzlim with a Z, i think thats pretty easy to manage :)

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  6. Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 8:21 pm 

    Muzlim? Some do this to ridicule, some coz they cannot pronounce it otherwise lolz. Long time ago I myself thought that all Arabs are muslim. How naive. But I do know that christian and muslim could live side by side peacefully, like in my country Indonesia.

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