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Bookmark or Share- Palestinian Arabs - Encyclopedia.comArabs who live in Israel and its territories are called Palestinian Arabs. Palestinian Arabs are followers of Islam, therefore they are Muslims. Those called Israelis are Jews. Because Palestinian Arabs and Israelis feel that they are entitled to a nation on the same land, each group demonstrates its hatred and distrust for the other.
- Forming a State: The Birth of Israel and the Arab ResponseArabs turned for direction to the Arab League, which formed in 1944 as a body to coordinate the political and economic efforts of Arab member states. The organization resolved to protect Palestine from the threat of Zionism, but infighting between Arab leaders for ultimate control of the league weakened its effectiveness in responding to the issue.
- The Arab-Persian Trading Cities of East AfricaArabs used the name Azania, from the root word Zanj—their term for Africans—to describe all of East Africa south of Somalia. From the beginning, their interest was purely in the coastal areas, and as the thriving cities of Kilwa, Mombasa, Malindi, and others took shape, they became islands of civilization cut off from the forbidding ...
- Arabs - Encyclopedia.comMuslim Arabs comprize about 93 percent of the Arab population and belong to several different sects including Shia (Ithna Ashari and Ismaili), Alawi, Zaidi, and Sunni, which is the largest. The other 7 percent of Arabs are largely Christian or Druze. The link between Arabs and Islam has deep historical roots. It was among Arabs early in the ...
- Islam: Islam in Andalusia - Encyclopedia.comMuslim Arabs substituted the Visigoths as rulers over the local Hispano-Roman population, who were (even if only nominally) Christians and whose languages were Latin and Romance. They, together with the Jews, became "protected peoples" ( dhimmis ), being allowed to preserve their religion and their community life, although always in a position ...
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