Wiki article on Arab Christians

Banu_Hashim said:
^^ If you have a population of Arab Immigrants on average doing better, and the majority* of that population is Muslim, doesn't it meant that there are more Muslims then Christians in that given population doing better, on average ?:confused:

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agreed, but why beat a dead horse? I thought the point was well substantiated on its own accord and not subject to re-interpretation...

There is no higher education than a higher education.. if they are doing better in top careers compared to the natives, then they are doing better in top careers compared to their christian counterparts.. I am not sure what else is possibly left for a skewed inference?!


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Banu_Hashim said:
^^ If you have a population of Arab Immigrants on average doing better, and the majority* of that population is Muslim, doesn't it meant that there are more Muslims then Christians in that given population doing better, on average ?:confused:

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given the small percentage of Arab Christians among Arabs, the number of Christians doing better could be disproportionately larger.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
What I'm saying is that Arab Christians tend to be wealthier than other Arabs. I saw it in a documentary and I'm defending it.
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I dont know if I would go that far. There are some pretty wealthy people in Saudi Arabia and the gulf states that are Muslims.However I am finding that Arab Christians are a very unique group of people.
 
ragdollcat1982 said:
I dont know if I would go that far. There are some pretty wealthy people in Saudi Arabia and the gulf states that are Muslims.However I am finding that Arab Christians are a very unique group of people.
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The documentary talked about Lebanon and Palestine only.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
What I'm saying is that Arab Christians tend to be wealthier than other Arabs. I saw it in a documentary and I'm defending it.
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I dont know how it is in other countries, but I saw documentary about Egypt which more or less proves words of Whatthepoint. But it doesnt have any meaning. Very often the minorities are richer than the majority where they live in for example - jews in USA or Germans in Spain.
 
Amadeus85 said:
I dont know how it is in other countries, but I saw documentary about Egypt which more or less proves words of Whatthepoint. But it doesnt have any meaning. Very often the minorities are richer than the majority where they live in for example - jews in USA or Germans in Spain.
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I am not sure if Arab Christians are generally more wealthier or not as a rule. They seem to be the forgotten minority in the Mideast as you rarely hear about them. I think Tony Shaloub is a good actor if anyone has ever seen the show "Monk".
 
ragdollcat1982 said:
I am not sure if Arab Christians are generally more wealthier or not as a rule. They seem to be the forgotten minority in the Mideast as you rarely hear about them. I think Tony Shaloub is a good actor if anyone has ever seen the show "Monk".
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I emntioned it because it is one of the reasons they emigrate in greater numbers.
 
I'm surprised that Wiki article makes no mention of Egyptian Chrisitans (Coptics), who themselves are the largest Christian community in the Middle East.
 
A copt means an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.. by virtue all Egyptians are Copts.. but the Church of Egypt chose that name for itself not because it is some righteous sect of Christianity, but to evoke the notion that they are the only true Egyptians and that the Muslims are occupiers.

There is a hadith by the prophet PBUH stating, to be kind to the copts of Egypt..I doubt that he only meant the Christians... but Allah swt knows best..

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The Copts (Egyptology in general) have always fascinated me. The language they speak (coptic) is the closest living language to the language of the ancient Egyptians I believe.
 

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