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Old October 13th, 2007 #26
Peer Fischer
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I don't know why a Lutheran Church would need arabic on its sign, but there it is.
Lots of Arab Christians maybe.

I once saw a 4th-century copy of one of the Gospels written in Arabic at a museum, which blew my mind a little since it's not something most people think of. The Christian gospel (such as it is) was spreading into Arabic areas centuries before Muhammed was even born. Funny how history works out.


Despite the common belief in the United States that "Arab" equals "Muslim", the majority of self-identifying Arabs in the United States are Eastern Rite Catholic or Orthodox, according to the Arab American Institute. On the other hand, most American Muslims are black or of South Asian (Indian or Pakistani) origin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Christian