Muslim
Monday, April 11, 2016
“Muslim” is a religious term. A Muslim is
someone who adheres to the religion of Islam. “Arab,” on the contrary, is an
ethno-linguistic term. An Arab is a member of the people group who speak
the Arabic language. It is true that Islam originated among the Arabs, and
the Qur'an was written in Arabic. However, some Arabs have historically been
part of the ancient orthodox Christian churches. On the other hand, Islam
spread far beyond the Arab world, and today . This includes the Turks, the
Kurds, the Iranians, the Pakistanis, other South Asian Muslims, the Malaysians
and the Indonesians, almost all of whom are Muslim but none of whom is Arab.
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