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Countries that are NOT Arab: India, Iran, Pakistan and
Turkey. |
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Not all Arabs are Muslims,
and not All Muslims are Arabs. Arabs are only about 25%
of the Muslim population, but are 85% of the Arab
population. |
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About 70% of the
territory covered by the Arab world is in Africa
and about 30% in Asia. The whole area is
approximately 14,000,000 sq. km, while Canada
covers 9,221,000 sq. km, West Europe covers
1,089,000 sq. km, and the USA 9,159,000 sq. km. |
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The Arabic language is
spoken by 200 million people. |
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Arabic is the official
language of 22 Arab countries. |
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Arabic is spoken by 3
million people of Arab descent living in the U.S. and in
Canada. |
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In 1974, the United
Nations adopted the Arabic language as one of its 6
official languages. |
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The Middle East is the
owner of 2/3 of the World's known oil reserves. |
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The Middle East contains
some of the greatest archeological and religious sites. |
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The name coffee comes from
the Arabic work qahwah. |
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Islam is the first
Religion on Earth. |
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Did you know that Islam is
the fastest growing religion in the world. |
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Islam has an exception for
every rule it has. |
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It is estimated that the
world population of Muslims today ranges between 1.2
billion and 1.5 billion people, and that only 18% of
them live in Arab countries. |
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Indonesia is currently the
most populous Islamic country with 213 million
followers. |
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the Islamic calendar is
based on sightings of the crescent moon (hilal), with a
year being approximately 11 days shorter than the 365
days of solar calendars. |
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Muslims believe Muhammad
was the last prophet sent by God to mankind. |
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The Qur'an has been
completely memorized by a percentage of Muslims (hafiz)
all around the world for nearly 14 centuries. |
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The Qur'an is believed by
Muslims and traditional Islamic scholars to have
remained unchanged since its revelation. |
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Muslim explorers arrived
in North America before Columbus and became Indian
chiefs |
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Many ancient-Greek
writings, including the work of Aristotle, were
introduced to Europe during the late Middle Ages by
Islamic scholars. |
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The Arab astronomer Al-Khwarizmi
wrote several scientific books in the ninth century.
Latin scholars later translated his work in the 13th
century--introducing Europeans to the word "Algebra" and
the place-value decimal system still in use today. |
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The modern use of the
Scientific Method was developed in early Muslim
philosophy. |
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Arab mathematician Ibn Al-Haitham
advanced the science of optics in the 10th century, by
solving particular problems related to the refraction of
light. |
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These familiar English
words have their medieval origins in the language and
scientific contributions of Islamic scholars: alkali,
alchemy, alcohol, algorithm, almanac, zenith, zero, and
many more. |
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The upper-class of Europe
practiced the art of Courtly Love during the later
Middle Ages, which was influenced by Arabic poetry. |
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Zinedine Zidane (soccer
player) is an Arab Muslim from Algeria. |
