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Can Christians be Arabs?

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Can Christians be Arabs?

Arab Christians (Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺴﻴﺤﻴﻮﻥ ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺏ, romanized: al-Masīḥīyūn al-ʿArab) are Arabs who follow Christianity….Arab Christians.

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Syria 520,000–703,000 excluding Maronites
Lebanon 350,000–450,000 excluding 1 million Maronites
Jordan 221,000
Israel 133,130 excluding Copts and Maronites

What was the religion in Mecca before Islam?

Arabian polytheism, the dominant form of religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, was based on veneration of deities and spirits. Worship was directed to various gods and goddesses, including Hubal and the goddesses al-Lāt, al-‘Uzzā, and Manāt, at local shrines and temples such as the Kaaba in Mecca.

Are there Christians in the Arabian Peninsula?

The Arabian Peninsula had one of the earliest communities of Arab Christians in the world. However, in recent years, the population of Arab Christians has dwindled to only a few thousand in the entire region. Bahrain has a tiny population of Arab Christians who are estimated to number about 1,000 persons.

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What is the difference between Arab and non-Arab Syrian Christians?

The Arab Christians of Syria are Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic (Melkites) as well as some Latin Rite Roman Catholics. Non-Arab Syrian Christians include Assyrians (mainly in the northeast), Syriac-Arameans, Greeks and Armenians.

Are there more Christians in the Middle East than Muslims?

In any case, the proportion of Christian to Muslim Arabs in the U.S. is the opposite of that proportion in the Arab Middle East. Again according to AAI, 35\% of Christian Arabs are Catholic, representing the Roman Rite; 18\% are Orthodox or the Eastern Rite; and 10\% are Protestant, mainly converts.

What is the ancestry of the Arab Christians?

The ancestry of these Arab Christians goes back to the genesis of Christianity in the 1st Century CE. Arab Christians are mentioned in several instances in the New Testament which gives the earliest record of the existence of these Christians in Arabia with the Books of Acts (Acts 2:8-11), and Galatians (Galatians 1:15-17) are two examples.

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