When people say I hate Muslims, they are really saying " I hate Arabs". They often describe Christian Arabs as being of Muslim descent.
2007-11-14 01:35:53 · 6 answers · asked by Yes 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No
Muslim is a follower of Islam (a religious group)
Arab is a person whose ancestry traces back to the Middle East near the area of Saudi Arabia (an ethnic group)
2007-11-14 01:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's because people are really ignorant. Arabs are an ethnic group. Muslims are members of the religion of Islam.
Not all Arabs are Muslim. Not all Muslims are Arab.
2007-11-14 09:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by Robin W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are thousands of Jews and Christians in Arabia - and millions upon millions of Muslims outside Arabia. The world's most populous Muslim nation is in south east asia - Indonesia. Much of North Africa is Muslim, that's not Arabia either. There are millions of Muslims living in Europe and North America - it's a world religion like Christianity, not a racial/tribal religion like Judaism or Sikhism.
But anyone ignorant enough to say that they hate ALL Muslims probably isn't going to understand such complex issues as that - so yes, in all likelihood they probably hate everyone from the geographical region, as well as from the religion.
2007-11-14 09:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not all Arabs are Muslim. There are Jewish Arabs and Christian Arabs.
2007-11-14 11:11:43 · answer #4 · answered by wolfkarew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. "Muslim" is a term for a follower of the Islamic religion. It's no more a euphemism for "Arab" than "Christian" is for "yank".
2007-11-14 09:46:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Muslims come in many different nationalities.
2007-11-14 09:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋