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Originally Posted by Azure
I actually thought Arab would be the classification for race, and not religion.
Most people in Canada are White...most people in Afghanistan are Arab. My POV though.
Guess I was wrong...although it has been pointed out that Afghanistan is overwhelmingly Muslim.
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I think Arab is a language classification. Most Arabs are Islam but many Moslems such as in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Indonesia are not Arabic. From pictures and people I have met most Arabs are white but some seem to have some other blood. Being at the crossroads of civilization they've had many cultural and racial influences. Probably makes them stronger but we're all the same beneath our skins.
To add, most Arabs that we think of in the Middle east are Semites. Most Jews are also semites and are caucasion.
To add again, I was told by an Arab that they don't call their language Arabic but call it Mediterranean. Seems logical as the language is spoken by many people around that Sea.